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How to Synergize Anivia with Skarner on the Same TeamAnivia is in the s tier of champions

Anivia with Skarner

How to Win With Anivia and Skarner Paired TogetherAnivia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Anivia and Skarner

based on 177 Anivia with Skarner pairs
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Anivia has been on the same team as Skarner in 177 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much accurate data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can give you high-quality, accurate builds to help Anivia synergize with Skarner. It is very rare for Anivia to play with Skarner on the same side. This pairing has only happened in about 0.3% of games with Anivia.

Anivia Skarner Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Anivia does a terrible job of teaming up with Skarner. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.3% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Anivia when playing alongside Skarner by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Anivia vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentRod of Ages

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Anivia's passive ability p
Anivia's q ability q
Anivia's w ability w
Anivia's e ability e
Anivia's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
E
4
W
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Anivia and Skarner

Tips for Playing as Anivia with Skarner

Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.

It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.

Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.

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.

Anivia Skarner Synergy Stats

Anivia Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
Skarner Image
5.7
< Kills >
5.5
5.2
< Deaths >
5
8.1
< Assists >
7.8
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
163
< Minions Killed >
160
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,376
< Physical Damage >
1,250
19,113
< Magic Damage >
17,783
1,182
< True Damage >
1,190
21,672
< Damage Dealt >
20,223
27,823
< Damage Taken >
26,907
11,516
< Gold Earned >
11,287
2.3
< Towers >
2.1
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,140
< Total Healing >
3,931
15,192
< Experience >
15,073
22
< Vision Score >
23
11
< Wards Placed >
11
1,028
< Time Dealing CC >
1,000

How to Play with Skarner as Anivia in LoL

The Anivia 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, Anivia sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Skarner helps Anivia perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Anivia is paired with Skarner, she observes a clear improvement in her full damage dealt. This change could signal that Skarner provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Anivia is played 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 Anivia plays with Skarner on the same team, she often receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Skarner does a poor job of covering Anivia in team fights.

Synergies between Anivia and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Anivia
Skarner

Is Anivia better when played alongside Skarner?

There is no perfect companion for Anivia that will no matter what be her top teammate. Yet, Skarner is a terrible ally for Anivia. By locking into the same team as Anivia, he decreases their win rate by -4.6% to 46.3%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Anivia and Skarner that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Skarner has a much lower diffuclty than Anivia. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Skarner teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.

When playing together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by grouping Anivia and Skarner together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Skarner ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Anivia Players

How We Calculated Our Anivia Skarner Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Anivia and Skarner, we analyzed 177 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 Anivia 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 Anivia to synergize with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to use in your Anivia and Skarner synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Skarner than with many other common builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average winrate of 46.3% when playing alongside Skarner with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Anivia players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Anivia and Skarner pairings, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.3% winrate overall.

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