Jungle Matchup

Nocturne vs Zed

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Nocturne

Nocturne

the Eternal Nightmare
Jungle
Nocturne Jungle Overall Win Rate
50.19%

Matchup Win Rate

54.4%
Nocturne vs Zed Wins
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45.6%
Zed vs Nocturne Wins
Zed

Zed

the Master of Shadows
Jungle
Zed Jungle Overall Win Rate
48.36%

Nocturne vs Zed - Jungle Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Nocturne Jungle vs Zed Jungle - Who is stronger?

Nocturne Jungle performs well against Zed (54.4% win rate) based on 1490 games. This matchup works well for Nocturne players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Nocturne Jungle vs Zed Jungle in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 69.5% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Nocturne (3.8% pick rate, 20th most popular out of 63 Jungle champions) versus Zed (5.4%, 14th place). These two jungle titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Meta strength confirmed: Nocturne's superior tier rating (A vs C) translates into a solid 54.4% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Nocturne ranks 30th in win rate among Jungle champions. Amplify your advantage: The Lethal Tempo + Triumph rune setup achieves 58.7% win rate (2.3% popularity), while the core build Stridebreaker > Experimental Hexplate > Axiom Arc with Plated Steelcaps (69.5% win rate) lets you snowball advantages into guaranteed victories by 15 minutes.

Win through macro: Nocturne takes the matchup (54.39%) despite falling behind in CS (6.03 vs 6.40/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Quality over quantity: Nocturne wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (661 vs 730/min), the 54.4% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Nocturne leads in both matchup win rate (54.4%) and KDA (2.70 vs 2.60) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Nocturne vs Zed - Jungle Stats Comparison

Nocturne Jungle
Nocturne Jungle		Versus
Zed Jungle
Zed Jungle
ATierC
54.4%Matchup Winrate45.6%
50.19%Role Winrate48.36%
#30Winrate Rank#57
3.8%Pickrate5.4%
2.7Average KDA2.6
428Gold per Minute449
6.03CS/Min6.40
0.22Wards per Minute0.18
661Damage per Minute730

How to Beat Zed as Nocturne (Jungle)

The Nocturne versus Zed matchup in the jungle is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

Except for rare builds, Nocturne deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Zed deals mainly physical damage (86.51%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Zed, ranking 20th (versus 33rd for Nocturne) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.6 versus 2.7) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Nocturne Jungle versus Zed Jungle matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Nocturne player to maintain constant pressure on Zed, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Nocturne vs Zed: Jungle Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Smite
Smite Deals true damage to a monster or minion.
52.8% Win Rate73.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Smite
Smite Deals true damage to a monster or minion.
52.8% Win Rate73.0% Pick Rate

Nocturne vs Zed: Jungle Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror for 5s, gaining 1.8-4 Adaptive Force per stack. Stacks up to 12 times. Ranged champions gain only 1 stack per basic attack.

When fully stacked, heal for 8% of the damage you deal to champions (5% for ranged champions).

Conqueror

Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.


'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Domination
Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected. In game modes where vision Trinkets do not exist, instead gain 3 Summoner Spell Haste.

Grisly Mementos

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste fo…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

52.1% Win Rate92.8% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.


'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

58.7% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate

Nocturne vs Zed: Jungle Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Scorchclaw Pup
Scorchclaw Pup (450 gold) Jungle Companions
Summon a Scorchclaw that assists you against monsters.
Scorchclaw's Slash
The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it periodically imbues your next Attack or Ability to burn enemies and Slow them. Killing large monsters readies this immediately.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
50.4% Win Rate42.9% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
50.9% Win Rate45.0% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
51.6% Win Rate33.0% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
53.7% Win Rate6.8% Pick Rate
Core Build
Tiamat
Tiamat (1200 gold) 20 Attack Damage
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
->
Stridebreaker
Stridebreaker (3300 gold) 40 Attack Damage
25% Attack Speed
450 Health
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Breaking Shockwave
Deal physical damage and Slow nearby enemies by 35%.
Gain 35% decaying Move Speed per champion hit for 3 seconds.
Experimental Hexplate
Experimental Hexplate (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
20% Attack Speed
450 Health
Hexcharged
Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste.
Overdrive
After casting your Ultimate, gain 30% Attack Speed and 15% Move Speed for 8 seconds.
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
400 Health
20 Ability Haste
Carve
Dealing physical damage to champions reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds. (stacks 5 times).
Fervor
Dealing physical damage grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
54.4% Win Rate23.3% Pick Rate
Final Build
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
63.5% Win Rate15.5% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
57.0% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
54.4% Win Rate0.9% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
53.7% Win Rate6.8% Pick Rate
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed
52.7% Win Rate4.0% Pick Rate
Core Build
Tiamat
Tiamat (1200 gold) 20 Attack Damage
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
->
Stridebreaker
Stridebreaker (3300 gold) 40 Attack Damage
25% Attack Speed
450 Health
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Breaking Shockwave
Deal physical damage and Slow nearby enemies by 35%.
Gain 35% decaying Move Speed per champion hit for 3 seconds.
Experimental Hexplate
Experimental Hexplate (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
20% Attack Speed
450 Health
Hexcharged
Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste.
Overdrive
After casting your Ultimate, gain 30% Attack Speed and 15% Move Speed for 8 seconds.
Axiom Arc
Axiom Arc (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
20 Ability Haste
Flux
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, refund some of your Ultimate Ability's total cooldown.
69.5% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate
Final Build
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
400 Health
20 Ability Haste
Carve
Dealing physical damage to champions reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds. (stacks 5 times).
Fervor
Dealing physical damage grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
65.7% Win Rate5.7% Pick Rate
Other Items
Death's Dance
Death's Dance (3300 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
50 Armor
Ignore Pain
A percentage of damage taken is dealt to you over 3 seconds instead.
Defy
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, cleanse Ignore Pain's remaining damage and restore Health over 2 seconds.
60.7% Win Rate13.6% Pick Rate
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage (3200 gold) 400 Health
20% Tenacity
The Claws that Catch
Gain bonus Attack Damage.
Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a decaying Shield for 4.5 seconds.
61.5% Win Rate10.3% Pick Rate
Eclipse
Eclipse (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
Ever Rising Moon
Hitting a champion with 2 separate Attacks or Abilities within 2 seconds grants you a Shield for 2 seconds.
53.2% Win Rate5.6% Pick Rate
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius (3100 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
40 Magic Resist
Lifeline
Taking magic damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a magic damage Shield for 3 seconds and 10% Omnivamp until end of combat.
50.9% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate
Edge of Night
Edge of Night (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
250 Health
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
56.0% Win Rate3.4% Pick Rate
Axiom Arc
Axiom Arc (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
20 Ability Haste
Flux
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, refund some of your Ultimate Ability's total cooldown.
58.4% Win Rate3.1% Pick Rate
Serpent's Fang
Serpent's Fang (2500 gold) 55 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
Shield Reaver
Damaging an enemy champion reduces Shields they gain by % for 3 seconds.
If they were not already affected by Shield Reaver, reduce Shields on them by %.
50.5% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate

Nocturne vs Zed: Jungle Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Duskbringer Nocturne throws a shadow blade that deals damage, leaves a Dusk Trail, and causes champions to leave a Dusk Trail. While on the trail, Nocturne can move through units and has increased Move Speed and Attack Damage.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Shroud of Darkness Nocturne empowers his blades, passively gaining Attack Speed. Activating Shroud of Darkness allows Nocturne to fade into the shadows, creating a magical barrier which blocks a single enemy ability and doubles his passive Attack Speed if successful.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Unspeakable Horror Nocturne plants a nightmare into his target's mind, dealing damage each second and applying fear to the target if they do not get out of range by the end of the duration.
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E
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E
R
R
Paranoia Nocturne reduces the sight radius of all enemy champions and removes their ally vision in the process. He can then launch himself at a nearby enemy champion.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
52.3% Win Rate42.5% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Q
Duskbringer Nocturne throws a shadow blade that deals damage, leaves a Dusk Trail, and causes champions to leave a Dusk Trail. While on the trail, Nocturne can move through units and has increased Move Speed and Attack Damage.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Shroud of Darkness Nocturne empowers his blades, passively gaining Attack Speed. Activating Shroud of Darkness allows Nocturne to fade into the shadows, creating a magical barrier which blocks a single enemy ability and doubles his passive Attack Speed if successful.
W
W
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R
E
Unspeakable Horror Nocturne plants a nightmare into his target's mind, dealing damage each second and applying fear to the target if they do not get out of range by the end of the duration.
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R
R
Paranoia Nocturne reduces the sight radius of all enemy champions and removes their ally vision in the process. He can then launch himself at a nearby enemy champion.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
80.6% Win Rate0.7% Pick Rate

Nocturne tips:

  • Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
  • Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
  • Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.

Playing Against Zed

  • Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
  • After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
  • Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.

Nocturne Jungle other Matchups

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+7.8%
Naafiri

Nocturne vs Naafiri

Nocturne
+7.0%
Rengar

Nocturne vs Rengar

Nocturne
+5.3%
Nidalee

Nocturne vs Nidalee

Nocturne
+4.9%
Fiddlesticks

Nocturne vs Fiddlesticks

Nocturne
+4.5%
Amumu

Nocturne vs Amumu

Nocturne
+4.4%
Elise

Nocturne vs Elise

Nocturne
+3.7%
Rammus

Nocturne vs Rammus

Nocturne
+3.4%
Kayn

Nocturne vs Kayn

Nocturne
+3.2%
Karthus

Nocturne vs Karthus

Nocturne
+3.1%
Trundle

Nocturne vs Trundle

Nocturne
+2.7%
Warwick

Nocturne vs Warwick

Nocturne
+2.7%
Vi

Nocturne vs Vi

Nocturne
+2.5%
Jax

Nocturne vs Jax

Nocturne
+2.2%
Zac

Nocturne vs Zac

Nocturne
+2.1%
Kha'Zix

Nocturne vs Kha'Zix

Nocturne
+2.0%
Shaco

Nocturne vs Shaco

Nocturne
+1.7%
Diana

Nocturne vs Diana

Nocturne
+1.3%
Lillia

Nocturne vs Lillia

Nocturne
+1.2%
Bel'Veth

Nocturne vs Bel'Veth

Nocturne
+1.2%
Lee Sin

Nocturne vs Lee Sin

Nocturne
+0.5%
Evelynn

Nocturne vs Evelynn

Nocturne
-1.1%
Volibear

Nocturne vs Volibear

Nocturne
-1.1%
Gwen

Nocturne vs Gwen

Nocturne
-1.2%
Udyr

Nocturne vs Udyr

Nocturne
-1.2%
Jarvan IV

Nocturne vs Jarvan IV

Nocturne
-1.3%
Pantheon

Nocturne vs Pantheon

Nocturne
-1.3%
Master Yi

Nocturne vs Master Yi

Nocturne
-1.4%
Nunu & Willump

Nocturne vs Nunu & Willump

Nocturne
-1.4%
Hecarim

Nocturne vs Hecarim

Nocturne
-1.5%
Graves

Nocturne vs Graves

Nocturne
-2.1%
Wukong

Nocturne vs Wukong

Nocturne
-2.2%
Xin Zhao

Nocturne vs Xin Zhao

Nocturne
-2.2%
Kindred

Nocturne vs Kindred

Nocturne
-2.4%
Shyvana

Nocturne vs Shyvana

Nocturne
-2.6%
Viego

Nocturne vs Viego

Nocturne
-2.6%
Ekko

Nocturne vs Ekko

Nocturne
-3.4%
Sejuani

Nocturne vs Sejuani

Nocturne
-3.6%
Briar

Nocturne vs Briar

Nocturne
-5.6%
Talon

Nocturne vs Talon