Skarner vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Skarner
based on 272 Skarner vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Skarner vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several valuable Skarner versus Vel'Koz counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Skarner often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Skarner or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a poor counter to Vel'Koz.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up 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 by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner often accumulates less CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Skarner versus Vel'Koz 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 a lot better against Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Vel'Koz as Skarner, Skarner players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Skarner vs Vel'Koz battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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