Skarner vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Skarner
based on 468 Skarner vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Skarner vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several influential Skarner against Xerath counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Skarner usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Xerath
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Who is Better, Skarner or Xerath?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Xerath, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a poor counter to Xerath.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Xerath.
Additionally, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Skarner is a somewhat poor counter to Xerath. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner often racks up less CS as Xerath. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Skarner versus Xerath build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Xerath than with many other typical builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 48.5% battling Xerath with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Xerath 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 sets that we analyzed for Skarner vs Xerath clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.
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