Kai'Sa vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Kai'Sa
based on 493 Kai'Sa vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kai'Sa vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Kai'Sa vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Skarner
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
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.
Kai'Sa vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Kai'Sa in LoL
The stats provided here show several vital Kai'Sa versus Skarner matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kai'Sa often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kai'Sa and Skarner
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Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Skarner?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Skarner, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Skarner.
While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kai'Sa into Skarner.
Moreover, Kai'Sa has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kai'Sa is a somewhat poor counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa
Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kai'Sa most often gets much more CS relative to Skarner. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kai'Sa versus Skarner build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Skarner than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Skarner as Kai'Sa, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Kai'Sa vs Skarner LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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