Xerath vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Xerath
based on 468 Xerath vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Skarner Counter Build
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Early Items
Core Xerath Items
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Skarner
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several influential Xerath vs. Skarner matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Xerath typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Skarner
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Who is Better, Xerath or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Skarneras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Skarner matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
Additional Information for Xerath Players
How We Calculated Our Xerath vs Skarner Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often gets more CS relative to Skarner. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Skarner build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Skarner than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 51.5% when playing against Skarner with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Skarner as Xerath, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Xerath vs Skarner counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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