Kayn with Skarner
How to Synergize Kayn and Skarner
based on 97 Kayn with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Skarner
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn 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, Kayn 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 negative change shows that Skarner helps Kayn perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn tries to synergize with Skarner, he observes a big jump in his total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Skarner provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played with Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Skarner.
Moreover, when Kayn plays with Skarner on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Kayn in teamfights.
Synergies between Kayn and Skarner
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no ideal companion for Kayn that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Skarner is a top-tier ally for Kayn. By being on the same team as Kayn, he raises their win rate by 3.4% to 52.6%. This clearly indicates that there is an important strategic relationship between Kayn and Skarner that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Skarner has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Skarner comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, Kayn players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Kayn and Skarner together, you probably will not be giving your side very much magic damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will 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 Kayn in order to pair well with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to focus on in your Kayn and Skarner synergy build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Hubris. When Kayn included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Skarner than with most other common builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 52.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Kayn players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Kayn and Skarner pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
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