Nocturne vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Nocturne
based on 700 Nocturne vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Skarner
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Nocturne against Skarner counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner..
Nocturne normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Skarner
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Skarner?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 53.9% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Skarner.
Additionally, Nocturne also 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Skarner matchups, Nocturne is the better champ 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.
Nocturne is a great counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Skarner build include Experimental Hexplate, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Skarner than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 53.9% battling Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Skarner as Nocturne, Nocturne players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nocturne vs Skarner clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.9% winrate overall.
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