Skarner vs Rammus
How to Beat Rammus as Skarner
based on 178 Skarner vs Rammus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Rammus Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Rammus
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 Rammus
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
Skarner vs Rammus Counter Stats
How to Counter Rammus with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Skarner versus Rammus counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus..
Skarner normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Rammus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Rammus
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Who is Better, Skarner or Rammus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when trying to fight Rammus, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a poor counter for Rammus.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate than Rammus, when facing one another, Skarner also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Skarner into Rammus.
Moreover, Skarner also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Skarner is a garbage counter for Rammus. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Rammus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Rammus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rammus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Skarner versus Rammus build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Rammus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Rammus with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Rammus as Skarner, Skarner players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Skarner vs Rammus face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.
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