Sivir vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Sivir
based on 210 Sivir vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Skarner
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Sivir vs. Skarner matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between the two. Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Sivir usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Skarner
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Who is Better, Sivir or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when taking on Skarner, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Sivir makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Sivir also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sivir into Skarner.
Moreover, Sivir has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Sivir vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Sivir is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Sivir
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sivir 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir typically racks up much more CS compared to Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Sivir versus Skarner build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Skarner than with many other common builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Skarner as Sivir, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Sivir vs Skarner counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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