Dr. Mundo with Skarner
How to Synergize Dr. Mundo and Skarner
based on 186 Dr. Mundo with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Dr. Mundo Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Dr. Mundo vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Dr. Mundo and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Dr. Mundo with Skarner
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
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.
Dr. Mundo Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Dr. Mundo in LoL
The Dr. Mundo 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, Dr. Mundo sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Dr. Mundo perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Dr. Mundo is paired with Skarner, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Skarner provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Dr. Mundo is played alongside Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Skarner.
Additionally, when Dr. Mundo plays with Skarner on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Dr. Mundo during teamfights.
Synergies between Dr. Mundo and Skarner
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Is Dr. Mundo better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Dr. Mundo that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Skarner is a below average teammate for Dr. Mundo. By locking into the same team as Dr. Mundo, he drops their win rate by -2.2% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Dr. Mundo and Skarner that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Skarner has a lower difficulty than Dr. Mundo. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Skarner allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Playing together, Dr. Mundo players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by grouping Dr. Mundo and Skarner together, you probably will not be giving your side a great deal of support. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Skarner teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Dr. Mundo to pair well with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Dr. Mundo and Skarner synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Dr. Mundo used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Skarner than with most other typical builds. In fact, Dr. Mundo had an average winrate of 48.9% helping carry Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Dr. Mundo and Skarner pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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