Talk:Nocturne/@comment-25254389-20150131215951/@comment-14081808-20150203181106

@ChaosTicket I would hope you mean he is more of a fighter rather than an assassin, because with the majority of his DPS being AAs he certainly isn't what one would normally call an assassin since he completely lacking in burst.

If you are that caught up about an escape, his Q gives a movement boost. The shield on w has the potential to block significantly more damage than most scaling shields because those tend to be weak while Noc's and Sivir's will block ALL of the damage and effects of the spell. And if you are getting chased, I'm pretty sure that E is great for getting away when you have it.

The only reason you could say that Noc's w is impractical is that he has a casting animation and when you are already dealing with fast projectiles, that delay is significantly annoying and troublesome. However, a good spell shield should NEVER be discounted (block Ashe's R and you just saved your team and maybe won that battle just with that). I don't understand your complaint about cooldown and battle.