Lillia vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Lillia
based on 742 Lillia vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lillia vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Lillia vs Skarner Counter Build
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Core Lillia Items
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Lillia
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.
Lillia vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Lillia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Lillia versus Skarner counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Lillia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lillia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Lillia often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lillia and Skarner
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Who is Better, Lillia or Skarner?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lillia usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 58.0% win rate. Therefore, Lillia makes a fantastic counter for Skarner.
While Lillia does have a much higher winrate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Lillia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Lillia into Skarneras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Lillia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lillia vs Skarner matchups, Lillia is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Lillia is a great counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lillia against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lillia in order to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lillia on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Skarner. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Lillia versus Skarner build include Cosmic Drive, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Lillia used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Skarner than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Lillia had an average win rate of 58.0% battling Skarner with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Skarner as Lillia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Lillia vs Skarner matchups, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 58.0% win rate overall.
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