Darius vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Darius
based on 449 Darius vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Skarner
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Darius against Skarner counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Darius usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Skarner. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Skarner
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Who is Better, Darius or Skarner?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Skarner, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Darius makes an ok counter for Skarner.
While Darius does have a lower winrate than Skarner, when facing one another, Darius also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Skarner.
Additionally, Darius has almost no 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Darius
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius 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 will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average gets much more CS compared to Skarner. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Darius versus Skarner build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Darius used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Skarner than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Skarner as Darius, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Darius vs Skarner counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% winrate overall.
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