Dr. Mundo vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Dr. Mundo
based on 264 Dr. Mundo vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Dr. Mundo vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Dr. Mundo vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Dr. Mundo
Tips for Playing as Dr. Mundo against Skarner
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
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.
Dr. Mundo vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Dr. Mundo in LoL
The stats shown here feature some valuable Dr. Mundo against Skarner counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Dr. Mundo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Dr. Mundo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner..
Dr. Mundo typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Dr. Mundo and Skarner
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Who is Better, Dr. Mundo or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Dr. Mundo usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 54.5% win rate. Thus, Dr. Mundo makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Dr. Mundo does have a much higher winrate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Dr. Mundo also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Dr. Mundo into Skarner.
Furthermore, Dr. Mundo also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Dr. Mundo vs Skarner matchups, Dr. Mundo is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Dr. Mundo is a great counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Dr. Mundo against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Dr. Mundo to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Dr. Mundo typically racks up much more CS as Skarner. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Dr. Mundo versus Skarner build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Dr. Mundo bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Skarner than with most other common item sets. In fact, Dr. Mundo boasted an average winrate of 54.5% battling Skarner with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Skarner as Dr. Mundo, Dr. Mundo players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Dr. Mundo vs Skarner counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.5% win rate overall.
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