Skarner vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Skarner
based on 623 Skarner vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Skarner vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Skarner vs. Kayn counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Skarner normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Kayn
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Who is Better, Skarner or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Kayn.
Furthermore, Skarner also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Skarner is a somewhat poor counter for Kayn. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Kayn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Skarner
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How We Calculated Our Skarner vs Kayn Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kayn. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Skarner versus Kayn build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Kayn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Kayn as Skarner, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Skarner vs Kayn face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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