Xin Zhao vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Xin Zhao
based on 413 Xin Zhao vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Skarner
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
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.
Xin Zhao vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stats shown here feature some significant Xin Zhao vs. Skarner counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Xin Zhao normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Skarner
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xin Zhao usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Xin Zhao makes a good counter for Skarner.
While Xin Zhao does have a higher win rate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Xin Zhao also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Xin Zhao into Skarner.
Additionally, Xin Zhao has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Skarner matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Xin Zhao is a decent counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xin Zhao against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao 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 listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Xin Zhao versus Skarner build consist of Spear of Shojin, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Skarner than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 51.3% when countering Skarner with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Skarner as Xin Zhao, Xin Zhao players should equip 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 builds that we analyzed for Xin Zhao vs Skarner counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
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