Yone vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Yone
based on 762 Yone vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yone vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Yone vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Yone
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.
Yone vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Yone in LoL
The stats provided here show several vital Yone vs. Skarner matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner..
Yone often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yone and Skarner
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Who is Better, Yone or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yone usually wins when playing against Skarner, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Yone makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Yone does have a higher win rate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Yone also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yone into Skarneras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yone also has only a small 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yone vs Skarner matchups, Yone is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Yone is a great counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yone against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yone to counter Skarner during both the laning 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 suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yone usually gets much more CS compared to Skarner. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Yone versus Skarner build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Skarner than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Yone had an average win rate of 53.7% when countering Skarner with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Skarner as Yone, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Yone vs Skarner matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.7% winrate overall.
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