Graves vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Graves
based on 569 Graves vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Skarner Counter Build
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Core Graves Items
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Skarner
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some vital Graves versus Skarner counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Graves normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Skarner
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Who is Better, Graves or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 54.5% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a great counter for Skarner.
While Graves does have a much higher win rate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Graves also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Graves into Skarner.
Furthermore, Graves has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Skarner matchups, Graves is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Graves is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Graves against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Skarner. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Graves versus Skarner build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Maw of Malmortius, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Skarner than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 54.5% when countering Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Skarner as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Graves vs Skarner counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.5% win rate overall.
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