Skarner vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Skarner
based on 428 Skarner vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Skarner vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown here show several strategic Skarner versus Veigar counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Veigar..
Skarner usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Veigar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Veigar
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Who is Better, Skarner or Veigar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Veigar, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a poor counter for Veigar.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate than Veigar, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Skarner into Veigar.
Additionally, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Skarner is a trash counter to Veigar. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Veigar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Skarner versus Veigar 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 did significantly better vs. Veigar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average winrate of 47.7% battling Veigar with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Veigar as Skarner, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Skarner vs Veigar clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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