Brand vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Brand
based on 752 Brand vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Skarner
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Brand in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some influential Brand versus Skarner counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner..
Brand typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Skarner
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Who is Better, Brand or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Skarner, with a 54.3% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Brand does have a much higher win rate than Skarner, when facing one another, Brand also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Skarner.
Furthermore, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Skarner matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Brand is a great counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand on average racks up more CS compared to Skarner. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Brand versus Skarner build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Skarner than with most other common item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 54.3% battling Skarner with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Skarner as Brand, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Brand vs Skarner face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Skarner as Brand are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.