Blitzcrank with Skarner
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Skarner
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Blitzcrank Skarner Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Skarner
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Blitzcrank perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Blitzcrank tries to synergize with Skarner, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Skarner supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played together with Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Skarner. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Skarner.
Moreover, when Blitzcrank plays with Skarner on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Skarner does a poor job of protecting Blitzcrank in teamfights.
Synergies between Blitzcrank and Skarner
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no top champion pairing for Blitzcrank that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, Skarner is a very typical teammate for Blitzcrank. By being on the same team as Blitzcrank, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 51.6%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Blitzcrank and Skarner that results in them performing at the same level together than without each other.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means you need to be cautious when arranging Skarner teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by pairing Blitzcrank and Skarner together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates very much magical damage output. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank to work well with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Blitzcrank and Skarner synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Skarner than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.6% win rate overall.
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