Kha'Zix vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Kha'Zix
based on 338 Kha'Zix vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Skarner
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some important Kha'Zix versus Skarner matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Kha'Zix typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Skarner
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually fairs equally well when playing against Skarner, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Kha'Zix makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower win rate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Kha'Zix also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kha'Zix into Skarner.
Moreover, Kha'Zix has only a small 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 is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kha'Zix is a somewhat poor counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kha'Zix against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kha'Zix to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix typically gets less CS as Skarner. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kha'Zix versus Skarner build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Kha'Zix used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Skarner than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Skarner as Kha'Zix, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Kha'Zix vs Skarner matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.
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