Annie vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Annie
based on 143 Annie vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Skarner
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Win Against Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Annie vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Annie versus Skarner matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Annie usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Skarner
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Who is Better, Annie or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Annie usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 58.0% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a fantastic counter for Skarner.
While Annie does have a much higher win rate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Annie into Skarner.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Skarner matchups, Annie is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Annie is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Annie in order to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie often racks up much more CS relative to Skarner. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Annie versus Skarner build include Luden's Tempest, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Horizon Focus. When Annie combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Skarner than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 58.0% when countering Skarner with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Skarner as Annie, Annie players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Annie vs Skarner counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 58.0% win rate overall.
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