Vex vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Vex
based on 242 Vex vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Vex
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.
Vex vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Vex in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several important Vex against Skarner matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Vex often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives less damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vex and Skarner
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Who is Better, Vex or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vex usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 53.7% win rate. Therefore, Vex makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Vex does have a higher winrate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Vex also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Vex into Skarner.
Furthermore, Vex also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vex vs Skarner matchups, Vex is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vex is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vex against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vex to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex usually racks up much more CS compared to Skarner. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vex versus Skarner build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vex bought at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when fighting Skarner than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vex had an average winrate of 53.7% when countering Skarner with these items in their kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Skarner as Vex, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Vex vs Skarner face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.7% win rate overall.
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