Vel'Koz vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Vel'Koz
based on 272 Vel'Koz vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Skarner
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several critical Vel'Koz versus Skarner matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Skarner
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Skarneras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Skarner matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Skarner. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically gets more CS relative to Skarner. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Skarner build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Skarner than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when playing against Skarner with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Skarner as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Vel'Koz vs Skarner counters, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% winrate overall.
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