Skarner vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Skarner
based on 174 Skarner vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Core Skarner Items
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Qiyana
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.
Skarner vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some important Skarner versus Qiyana counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Qiyana..
Skarner usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Qiyana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Skarner or Qiyana?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually wins when trying to fight Qiyana, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a good counter for Qiyana.
While Skarner does have a higher winrate than Qiyana, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Qiyana.
Furthermore, Skarner also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Qiyana matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Skarner is a decent counter to Qiyana. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Qiyana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average gets a lot less CS relative to Qiyana. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Skarner versus Qiyana build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Qiyana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Qiyana with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Qiyana 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 rune sets that we analyzed for Skarner vs Qiyana fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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