Lissandra vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Lissandra
based on 142 Lissandra vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Skarner Counter Build
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Core Lissandra Items
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Skarner
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Lissandra against Skarner counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Lissandra typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Skarner
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Skarner?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Skarner, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Lissandra does have a lower win rate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Skarner.
Moreover, Lissandra also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra 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 teammates during teamfights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lissandra in order to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra most often racks up much more CS relative to Skarner. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lissandra versus Skarner build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Skarner than with most other common builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Skarner with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Skarner as Lissandra, Lissandra players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Lissandra vs Skarner battles, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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