Annie vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Annie
based on 205 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
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.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
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 stats shown on this page highlight several important Annie vs. Skarner counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Skarner. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Annie usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Skarner
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Who is Better, Annie or Skarner?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Annie usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 53.7% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Annie does have a higher winrate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Annie into Skarner.
Moreover, Annie also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Skarner matchups, Annie is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Annie is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold 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 keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie on average racks up much more CS relative to Skarner. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Annie versus Skarner build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Skarner than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average win rate of 53.7% battling Skarner with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Skarner as Annie, Annie players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Annie vs Skarner clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.
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