Kassadin with Skarner
How to Synergize Kassadin and Skarner
based on 174 Kassadin with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kassadin Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Kassadin vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Skarner
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Kassadin in LoL
The Kassadin 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, Kassadin sees a very large drop 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 Kassadin perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kassadin is paired with Skarner, he observes a small increase in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Skarner provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played alongside Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Skarner. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Skarner.
Moreover, when Kassadin plays with Skarner on the same side, he usually 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 Kassadin in teamfights.
Synergies between Kassadin and Skarner
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Is Kassadin better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no top ally for Kassadin that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, Skarner is a terrible ally for Kassadin. By locking into the same team as Kassadin, he decreases their win rate by -4.6% to 45.4%. This shows that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Kassadin and Skarner that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Skarner has a much lower diffuclty than Kassadin. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Skarner comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Kassadin players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Kassadin and Skarner together, you will not be granting your team a lot of sustained damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kassadin in order to pair well with Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Kassadin and Skarner synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Skarner than with many other common builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 45.4% when playing alongside Skarner with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Kassadin players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.4% winrate overall.
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