Olaf vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Olaf
based on 131 Olaf vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Olaf vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Olaf vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Olaf
Tips for Playing as Olaf against Skarner
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Olaf in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Olaf versus Skarner counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner..
Olaf usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Olaf and Skarner
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Who is Better, Olaf or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Olaf usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 55.7% win rate. Thus, Olaf makes a fantastic counter for Skarner.
While Olaf does have a much higher winrate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Olaf also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Olaf into Skarner.
Additionally, Olaf also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Skarner matchups, Olaf 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 team fights.
Olaf is a great counter for Skarner. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Olaf against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Olaf in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Olaf typically gets much more CS as Skarner. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Olaf versus Skarner build include Experimental Hexplate, Maw of Malmortius, and Death's Dance. When Olaf combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Skarner than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 55.7% when playing against Skarner with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Skarner as Olaf, Olaf players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Olaf vs Skarner battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.7% win rate overall.
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