Warwick vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Warwick
based on 431 Warwick vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Skarner
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Warwick versus Skarner matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between these two champions. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner..
Warwick often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Warwick and Skarner
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Who is Better, Warwick or Skarner?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when facing off against Skarner, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Warwick does have a lower win rate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Warwick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Skarner.
Furthermore, Warwick 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Warwick 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 allies during team fights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Warwick against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Warwick in order to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick most often gets a similar amount of CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Warwick versus Skarner build include Jak'Sho, The Protean, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Skarner than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Skarner with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Skarner as Warwick, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Warwick vs Skarner matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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