Skarner vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Skarner
based on 283 Skarner vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Skarner vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Skarner against Syndra matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Syndra..
Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Syndra. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Syndra
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Who is Better, Skarner or Syndra?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually fairs equally well when taking on Syndra, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes an ok counter for Syndra.
While Skarner does have a higher win rate compared to Syndra, when facing one another, Skarner also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Syndra.
Furthermore, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Syndra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Syndra matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Skarner is a decent counter to Syndra. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Syndra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner most often gets a lot less CS relative to Syndra. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Syndra build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Syndra than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Syndra with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Syndra 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 runes that we analyzed for Skarner vs Syndra fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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