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How to Win Taric vs Skarner Counter MatchupTaric is in the s tier of champions

Taric vs Skarner

How to Beat Skarner as Taric in LoLTaric is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Skarner as Taric

based on 135 Taric vs Skarner matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
3.06
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Skarner as Taric resulted from an analysis of 135 ranked games where both champs fought one another. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Taric has to counter Skarner in only 0.4% of his rounds.

Taric vs Skarner Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Taric has done a below average job of beating Skarner. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.4% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Taric vs Skarner rounds, Taric’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Skarner.

Best Taric vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Null-Magic MantleKindlegem

Core Taric Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowFrozen HeartBloodsong

Optional Items

Locket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taric to level upe
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Second ability for Taric to level upq
>
Last skill for Taric to max outw

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Taric's passive ability p
Taric's q ability q
Taric's w ability w
Taric's e ability e
Taric's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
E
6
R
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E
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Taric

Tips for Playing as Taric against Skarner

The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.

Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.

Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.

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.

Taric vs Skarner Counter Stats

Taric Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Skarner Image
1.8
< Kills >
4
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
14.4
< Assists >
8.4
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
0.93
35
< Minions Killed >
36
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.5
2,002
< Physical Damage >
7,774
4,474
< Magic Damage >
3,210
702
< True Damage >
633
7,179
< Damage Dealt >
11,618
22,095
< Damage Taken >
28,246
8,451
< Gold Earned >
10,441
2.07
< Towers >
1.28
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
11,693
< Total Healing >
10,147
10,422
< Experience >
12,538
48
< Vision Score >
21
20
< Wards Placed >
6
404
< Time Dealing CC >
837

How to Counter Skarner with Taric in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several important Taric against Skarner counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Taric normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taric and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Taric
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taric
Skarner

Who is Better, Taric or Skarner?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually loses when trying to fight Skarner, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a bad counter to Skarner.

While Taric does have a lower win rate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Taric into Skarner.

Additionally, Taric has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Taric is a garbage counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Taric against Skarner.

Additional Information for Taric Players

How We Calculated Our Taric vs Skarner Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Skarner as Taric, we analyzed 135 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Skarner as Taric comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taric to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taric on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Skarner. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Taric versus Skarner build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Bloodsong. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Skarner than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Skarner with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Skarner as Taric, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Taric vs Skarner battles, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.

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