Qiyana vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Qiyana
based on 174 Qiyana vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Qiyana vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Qiyana vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Qiyana
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.
Qiyana vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Qiyana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several critical Qiyana versus Skarner counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Qiyana often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Qiyana and Skarner
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Who is Better, Qiyana or Skarner?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Qiyana usually loses when playing against Skarner, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Qiyana makes a poor counter for Skarner.
While Qiyana does have a lower win rate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Qiyana also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Qiyana into Skarneras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Qiyana has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Qiyana vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Qiyana is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Qiyana against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Qiyana in order to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Qiyana most often picks up much more CS compared to Skarner. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Qiyana versus Skarner build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Qiyana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Skarner than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Qiyana boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when playing against Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Skarner as Qiyana, Qiyana players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Qiyana vs Skarner battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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