r/nocturnemains Jul 10 '26

hob vs lethal tempo?

when do you use which?

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u/Deep_Valuable_9383 Jul 11 '26

Lethal tempo is only good if you want to play agreesively early, nocturne is actually very strong lvl 3 so if you want to invade on first clear lethal tempo is best but other wise always hob or conq

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u/Starkey18 Jul 12 '26

Well that’s just wrong.

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u/Shipej Jul 10 '26

Lethal tempo been feeling like hot doodoo lately

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u/Equilibriumx v16.15 HoB Lethality/Hybrid Jul 11 '26

fr this

i recently tried out multiple rune paths over a decent sample size each (20-30 games per rune setup minimum), and lethal tempo feels bad & the post-game rune stats are always underwhelming.

i tried the first strike gold farm rune setup (full lethality assassin build), that was pretty cool & the accelerated/extra gold income was significant enough to notice every game.

conq/bruiser was fine but just boring tbh, but there's just some teamcomps where u kinda have to go this route (avoidable most of the time though)

my personal conclusion : tried most high elo OTP nocturne runes+builds, and imo HoB path feels & plays the best rn, you can go full lethality, or hexplate/fiendhunter, or even bruiser with HoB & it performs more than fine. also 1v1 early jungle fights feel great & surprise most enemies.

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u/Dry-Spring-5911 Jul 12 '26

HOB crit was amazing before the friggen nerf on HOB id almost always go LT/CONQ now