How to win the jungle race as Nocturne against Taliyah · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Nocturne's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Taliyah.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Nocturne Favoured | Umbra Blades' AoE sustain clears fast and wins the raptor-pit brawl. Threaded Volley on worked ground still chunks melee contests, so this is an edge and not a blowout — take the level-1 crossing only with the HP and cooldown lead. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Nocturne Favoured | Duskbringer's trail damage plus speed wins straight-line trades, but boulder-field poke plus the W shove keeps duels at their range. You still win the straight exchange on the second camp; keep it short, keep it decisive, and keep the scuttle line yours. |
| Level 3 Route | Nocturne Favoured | The fear-tether threat tilts every river skirmish in your favor. Taliyah can make it awkward — a W toss into a stunning boulder field bursts you at every choke point — but not as the first scuttle timer lands. Trade, then walk away with the first scuttle and the gank window behind it. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Nocturne Favoured — Take Duels | The 4-5 window is yours if you pick it: she uses 4-5 to shove waves and cross the map, with worked ground making her the faster rotator. Track that pattern, arrive one camp early, and take the fight before the follow-up shows. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Paranoia Favoured | Paranoia removes their map and delivers you to any duel you have already chunked, while Weaver's Wall splits the map. You win the breakpoint against Taliyah, not the whole game — cash it on the first objective after both sides hit six. |
| First Item Spike | Eclipse / Hexplate Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive physical damage and burst multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or assassin targets. Taliyah's first item makes the volley-into-shove combo a real burst instead of chip damage from range. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Nocturne Favoured at Full Build | Two items on, the edge is yours. The one thing to plan around is that she zones with mines and splits the map with the wall whenever she wants to — take that away and the fight is a formality. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp to maximize early health retention via passive lifesteal loops before executing a fast full clear straight into an aggressive scuttle crab contest. Taliyah clears very fast with Threaded Volley on worked ground and rotates faster than almost anyone off her passive.
Ranked by the race windows in Nocturne's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Nocturne vs Taliyah report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Nocturne's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows — Nocturne holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Nocturne's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows, so Taliyah is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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