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How to Win Skarner vs Taliyah Counter MatchupSkarner is in the b tier of champions

Skarner vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Skarner in LoLSkarner is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Skarner

based on 145 Skarner vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our data, Skarner engaged Taliyah 145 times. Including so many games with Skarner versus Taliyah gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce useful statistics and a pro build to crush your opposition. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Skarner has to counter Taliyah in only 1.1% of his matches.

Skarner vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Skarner has done a decent job of beating Taliyah. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.0% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Skarner versus Taliyah matches, Skarner’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Taliyah.

Best Skarner vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Skarner to level upq
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Second ability for Skarner to level upw
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Last skill for Skarner to max oute

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Skarner's passive ability p
Skarner's q ability q
Skarner's w ability w
Skarner's e ability e
Skarner's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Skarner

Tips for Playing as Skarner against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Skarner vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Skarner Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Taliyah Image
3.9
< Kills >
5.6
5.3
< Deaths >
5.8
7.1
< Assists >
7.7
0.95
< Killing Sprees >
1.26
45
< Minions Killed >
118
1.3
< Dragons Killed >
0.55
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.43
7,553
< Physical Damage >
799
3,192
< Magic Damage >
18,675
613
< True Damage >
1,000
11,358
< Damage Dealt >
20,475
27,592
< Damage Taken >
19,176
10,354
< Gold Earned >
11,373
1.35
< Towers >
1.61
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
9,611
< Total Healing >
3,780
12,838
< Experience >
13,309
21
< Vision Score >
23
7
< Wards Placed >
9
779
< Time Dealing CC >
538

How to Counter Taliyah with Skarner in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several influential Skarner versus Taliyah matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taliyah..

Skarner usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Taliyah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Skarner and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Skarner
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Skarner
Taliyah

Who is Better, Skarner or Taliyah?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually wins when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a good counter to Taliyah.

While Skarner does have a higher winrate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Skarner into Taliyah.

Additionally, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. 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 Taliyah matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Skarner is a decent counter to Taliyah. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Skarner Players

How We Calculated Our Skarner vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Skarner, we analyzed 145 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Taliyah as Skarner comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Taliyah during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Skarner usually racks up less CS as Taliyah. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Taliyah build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Taliyah than with many other common builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 51.0% when countering Taliyah with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating Taliyah as Skarner, Skarner players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Skarner vs Taliyah LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Taliyah as Skarner are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.