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How to Win Skarner vs Anivia Counter MatchupSkarner is in the b tier of champions

Skarner vs Anivia

How to Beat Anivia as Skarner in LoLSkarner is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Anivia as Skarner

based on 220 Skarner vs Anivia matchups
Win Rate
45.5 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. In our data, Skarner did battle with Anivia in 220 games. With so many matchups for Skarner versus Anivia provides us confidence in our capability to provide informative data and a pro build to smash Anivia. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Skarner fights Anivia in only 1.7% of his games.

Skarner vs Anivia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Skarner has done a terrible job of countering Anivia. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.5% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Skarner vs Anivia matches, Skarner’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably won't get first blood against Anivia.

Best Skarner vs Anivia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Force of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Skarner to level upq
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Second ability for Skarner to level upw
>
Last skill for Skarner to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Skarner's passive ability p
Skarner's q ability q
Skarner's w ability w
Skarner's e ability e
Skarner's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
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W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Skarner

Tips for Playing as Skarner against Anivia

Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.

Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.

Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.

Advice to Win Against Anivia

Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.

If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.

Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.

Skarner vs Anivia Counter Stats

Skarner Image
Win Rate
45.5 %
VS
Win Rate
54.5 %
Anivia Image
4
< Kills >
5.6
5.5
< Deaths >
4.9
8.3
< Assists >
7.6
0.89
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
36
< Minions Killed >
155
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.53
8,514
< Physical Damage >
1,286
3,341
< Magic Damage >
17,600
749
< True Damage >
1,105
12,605
< Damage Dealt >
19,992
28,661
< Damage Taken >
26,414
10,518
< Gold Earned >
11,101
1.36
< Towers >
2.1
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
10,146
< Total Healing >
3,940
12,888
< Experience >
14,623
22
< Vision Score >
22
7
< Wards Placed >
10
879
< Time Dealing CC >
986

How to Counter Anivia with Skarner in LoL

The stats provided here feature some strategic Skarner versus Anivia counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Anivia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Anivia..

Skarner usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Anivia. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Skarner and Anivia

Damage Types Compared

Skarner
Anivia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Skarner
Anivia

Who is Better, Skarner or Anivia?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Anivia, with a 45.5% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a poor counter to Anivia.

While Skarner does have a much lower win rate than Anivia, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Skarner into Anivia.

Moreover, Skarner also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Anivia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Skarner is a trash counter to Anivia. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Anivia.

Additional Information for Skarner Players

How We Calculated Our Skarner vs Anivia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Anivia as Skarner, we analyzed 220 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Anivia as Skarner comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Anivia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Skarner often gets a lot less CS compared to Anivia. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Skarner versus Anivia build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Anivia than with most other typical builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 45.5% when playing against Anivia with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Anivia as Skarner, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Skarner vs Anivia counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Anivia as Skarner are displayed for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.