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How to Synergize Akali with Skarner on the Same TeamAkali is in the a tier of champions

Akali with Skarner

How to Win With Akali and Skarner Paired TogetherAkali is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Akali and Skarner

based on 737 Akali with Skarner pairs
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Akali has been on the same team as Skarner in 737 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much great data straight from the hosts of League, we are completely sure that we can present to you robust, accurate builds to help Akali play with Skarner. It is very rare for Akali to play with Skarner as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 0.3% of rounds with Akali.

Akali Skarner Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a pathetic job of playing alongside Skarner. Typically, she wins a poor 46.1% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Akali when playing with Skarner by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Skarner

Tips for Playing as Akali with Skarner

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Understand How Skarner Will Play

Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.

Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.

Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.

Akali Skarner Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Skarner Image
9
< Kills >
9
6
< Deaths >
6
5
< Assists >
5.1
2.02
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
151
< Minions Killed >
155
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,362
< Physical Damage >
1,335
21,648
< Magic Damage >
21,516
747
< True Damage >
759
23,757
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
26,301
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,679
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.46
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,339
< Total Healing >
3,315
13,976
< Experience >
14,415
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
73
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Skarner as Akali in LoL

The Akali Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Skarner helps Akali perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Akali is an ally to Skarner, she gets a little increase in her total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Skarner helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Skarner. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Skarner.

Moreover, when Akali plays with Skarner on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Skarner does a decent job of covering Akali in team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Skarner

Is Akali better when played alongside Skarner?

There is no top champion pairing for Akali that will no matter what be her best teammate. However, Skarner is a not very good companion for Akali. By being on the same side as Akali, he lowers their win rate by -3.0% to 46.1%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Akali and Skarner that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Skarner has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Skarner allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by aligning Akali and Skarner together, you may not be providing your other allies a great deal of utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their potential.

Regardless of your Skarner ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Skarner Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Skarner, we analyzed 737 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Skarner comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Akali to work well with Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to include in your Akali and Skarner synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better as an ally of Skarner than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when playing alongside Skarner with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.1% winrate overall.

If you want to get Akali with Skarner collaboration tips and builds for a a particular skill level, please select one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and guides given are computed using all games completed with both champs.