Wukong vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Wukong
based on 127 Wukong vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Wukong vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Wukong vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Wukong
Tips for Playing as Wukong against Skarner
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
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.
Wukong vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Wukong in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some significant Wukong versus Skarner matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Wukong normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Wukong and Skarner
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Who is Better, Wukong or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Wukong usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 54.3% win rate. Therefore, Wukong makes a great counter for Skarner.
While Wukong does have a much higher winrate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Wukong also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Wukong into Skarner.
Furthermore, Wukong also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Wukong vs Skarner matchups, Wukong is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Wukong is a great counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Wukong against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Wukong to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Wukong most often gets more CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Wukong versus Skarner build include Sundered Sky, Eclipse, and Profane Hydra. When Wukong combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Skarner than with most other common builds. In fact, Wukong had an average winrate of 54.3% battling Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Skarner as Wukong, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Wukong vs Skarner counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.3% win rate overall.
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