Talk:Nocturne/@comment-92.232.164.116-20110319054159/@comment-3238314-20110319075634

Or you could just learn to counter... it's really not that hard. The fact that his range is nearly twice that of caytlin is to compensate for the fact that he gets near his target, whereas caytlin can finish him off from range, in relative safety, with 75% more damage. It's silly only if you leave your team and wonder off alone with low hp, or mid to high hp if he's fed and you're not, or if you enjoy auto attacking your minions instead of last hitting. Like i said, Nocturne is simply good at punishing bad gameplay.

Also, as people are learning to counter him, he's being banned less and less, If you'd bother to read below.

He needs the shield because he has no real escape, yes. He relies on popping a spell, maybe fearing a target for 1-2 or 0.66 to 1.3 seconds, and increasing his movement speed, but thanks to high cooldowns, chances he's have all 3 on are rare, and even so, they don't get him away from a huge team like a blink does.

Don't make this one a god he's not