Skarner vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Skarner
based on 1,254 Skarner vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Skarner vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Skarner against Lux counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lux..
Skarner often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Lux. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Lux
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Who is Better, Skarner or Lux?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when playing against Lux, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a bad counter for Lux.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate than Lux, when facing one another, Skarner also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Skarner into Lux.
Furthermore, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a trash counter to Lux. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner to counter Lux during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically accumulates less CS compared to Lux. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Skarner versus Lux build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Lux than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when countering Lux with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Lux as Skarner, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Skarner vs Lux LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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