shintoki said:
He doesn't punish poor play, his ult is just really unfair in it's current state. The range is about half the map, and unlike the other 3 characters with the teleport. His is far more instant and aggressive than it should actually be.
Yes, but it's not overpowered if you have mapawareness (general jungle route information for example will tip you off).
The major issue is once he touches you, you CANNOT escape his fear unless you insta-flash out of it because of how the leash mechanic is bugged. Unlike the other top tier gankers, his CC isn't nearly as strong if you have tower help. You have to play against him like you play against Shaco, and frankly, Nocturne without money is hot garbage. If you play defensively and have good information on where he can gank, you're fine.
He cannot set you up like certain junglers can (Shaco/Eve/Rammus), but he can reach you the fastest and safest. If you're fighting against a lane with strong CC (like a Taric/Sion combo), it may be very difficult to live, but such is the case vs any jungler that does damage with that lane.
Really the biggest issue is he preys off weak positioning on the enemy and is VERY unforgiving about it. Something that is unforgiving is not overpowered, it's just good at beating worse players or players without sufficient information in comparison.
Old Eve/Nocturne are similar to grapplers in fighting games. You HAVE to adjust your playstyle to beat them, the issue in this game is no one actually adjusts their playstyles unless they're really good.
The question is, do I think he's frustrating? Absolutely. Do I think he's overpowred? Hell no. I even ban him in Ranked 100% of the time not because he's overpowered, but because I do not trust my teammates to have the informational awareness and level of understanding of him that I do, and I would quite honestly expect them to feed. Old Eve was the same way, and she was banned at top level play for this very same reason. No one trusted their teammates to play well vs her and only her because she forces such a vast change in attitude in order to win.