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How to Win Zeri vs Skarner Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Skarner

How to Beat Skarner as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Skarner as Zeri

based on 152 Zeri vs Skarner matchups
Win Rate
42.1 %
K/D/A
2.35
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. In our dataset, Zeri fought Skarner 152 times. Having so many games with Zeri vs Skarner provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare informative stats and a pro build to shatter Skarner. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Zeri fights Skarner in only 0.4% of their rounds.

Zeri vs Skarner Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a terrible job of beating Skarner. Typically, they wins a lowly 42.1% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Zeri vs Skarner games, Zeri’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that they probably will get first blood versus Skarner.

Best Zeri vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateRunaan's HurricaneTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Navori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Skarner Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
42.1 %
VS
Win Rate
57.9 %
Skarner Image
6.8
< Kills >
4.4
5.7
< Deaths >
5.5
6.6
< Assists >
8.9
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
0.95
190
< Minions Killed >
42
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
1.63
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.52
13,958
< Physical Damage >
8,823
6,524
< Magic Damage >
3,524
446
< True Damage >
758
20,928
< Damage Dealt >
13,105
22,237
< Damage Taken >
29,008
12,493
< Gold Earned >
10,872
2.24
< Towers >
1.63
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.41
4,156
< Total Healing >
10,452
12,490
< Experience >
13,360
18
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
6
111
< Time Dealing CC >
917

How to Counter Skarner with Zeri in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several valuable Zeri versus Skarner matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..

Zeri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they receives less damage than Skarner. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zeri and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Skarner

Who is Better, Zeri or Skarner?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when facing off against Skarner, with a 42.1% win rate. Therefore, Zeri makes a poor counter to Skarner.

While Zeri does have a much lower winrate than Skarner, when facing one another, Zeri also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more time consuming character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zeri into Skarner.

Moreover, Zeri has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Zeri is a terribly counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zeri against Skarner.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Skarner Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Skarner as Zeri, we analyzed 152 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Skarner as Zeri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zeri in order to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri most often accumulates much more CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Zeri versus Skarner build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed much better when facing Skarner than with many other common builds. In fact, Zeri had an average winrate of 42.1% when playing against Skarner with this build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Skarner as Zeri, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Zeri vs Skarner clashes, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 42.1% win rate overall.

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