Skarner vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Skarner
based on 179 Skarner vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Kassadin
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 Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Skarner vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Skarner in LoL
The stats provided here show some vital Skarner versus Kassadin matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Skarner normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Skarner or Kassadin?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 42.5% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a poor counter for Kassadin.
While Skarner does have a much lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Skarner into Kassadin.
Additionally, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Skarner is a bad counter for Kassadin. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner usually gets a lot less CS relative to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Skarner versus Kassadin build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Kassadin than with most other typical builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 42.5% when playing against Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Kassadin 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 rune sets players chose for Skarner vs Kassadin counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 42.5% winrate overall.
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