Fizz vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Fizz
based on 657 Fizz vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fizz vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Fizz vs Skarner Counter Build
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Core Fizz Items
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Fizz
Tips for Playing as Fizz against Skarner
Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.
Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
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.
Fizz vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Fizz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some influential Fizz versus Skarner counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Fizz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Fizz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Fizz normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fizz and Skarner
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Who is Better, Fizz or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Fizz usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Fizz makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Fizz does have a higher win rate than Skarner, when facing one another, Fizz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Fizz into Skarner.
Moreover, Fizz also has almost no 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Fizz vs Skarner matchups, Fizz is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Fizz is a decent counter for Skarner. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Fizz against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Fizz to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fizz on average racks up much more CS compared to Skarner. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Fizz versus Skarner build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Fizz used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Skarner than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Fizz boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when playing against Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Skarner as Fizz, Fizz players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Fizz vs Skarner counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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