Skarner vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Skarner
based on 382 Skarner vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Skarner vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several influential Skarner vs. Vladimir counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..
Skarner normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Vladimir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Skarner or Vladimir?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when facing off against Vladimir, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes a bad counter to Vladimir.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate compared to Vladimir, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Skarner into Vladimir.
Moreover, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Skarner is a somewhat poor counter to Vladimir. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner to counter Vladimir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically gets a lot less CS compared to Vladimir. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Skarner versus Vladimir build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Vladimir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Vladimir as Skarner, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Skarner vs Vladimir counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Skarner are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.