Tristana vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Tristana
based on 397 Tristana vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tristana vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Tristana vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Tristana
Tips for Playing as Tristana against Skarner
Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.
Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.
Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.
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.
Tristana vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Tristana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several critical Tristana versus Skarner matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Tristana often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tristana and Skarner
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Who is Better, Tristana or Skarner?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tristana usually fairs equally well when playing against Skarner, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Tristana makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Tristana does have a lower winrate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Tristana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Skarner.
Furthermore, Tristana also has only a small 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 is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Tristana is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tristana against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tristana in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tristana often gets much more CS compared to Skarner. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Tristana versus Skarner build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana included at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Skarner than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Skarner with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Skarner as Tristana, Tristana players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Tristana vs Skarner LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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