Viego vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Viego
based on 513 Viego vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Viego
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.
Viego vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Viego in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Viego against Skarner matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner..
Viego usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viego and Skarner
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Who is Better, Viego or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viego usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Viego makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Viego does have a higher win rate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Viego also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Skarner.
Furthermore, Viego also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viego vs Skarner matchups, Viego is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Viego is a decent counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Viego against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viego 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Viego versus Skarner build include Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better versus Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Viego boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Skarner with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Skarner as Viego, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Viego vs Skarner clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.
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