Syndra vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Syndra
based on 283 Syndra vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Skarner
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
Advice to Win Against Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Syndra vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Syndra vs. Skarner counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Syndra normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Skarner
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Who is Better, Syndra or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when taking on Skarner, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Syndra makes an ok counter for Skarner.
While Syndra does have a lower winrate than Skarner, when facing one another, Syndra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Syndra into Skarneras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter for Skarner. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Syndra to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra on average accumulates much more CS as Skarner. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Syndra versus Skarner build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Skarner than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Skarner as Syndra, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Syndra vs Skarner battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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