Skarner vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Skarner
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Skarner vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Azir
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 Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Skarner vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown here show some significant Skarner versus Azir counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Skarner normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Azir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Azir
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Who is Better, Skarner or Azir?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when playing against Azir, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a poor counter to Azir.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Skarner into Azir.
Moreover, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Skarner is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically gets a lot less CS as Azir. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Skarner versus Azir build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Azir than with most other common item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Azir as Skarner, Skarner players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Skarner vs Azir face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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