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How to Synergize Skarner with Cassiopeia on the Same TeamSkarner is in the b tier of champions

Skarner with Cassiopeia

How to Win With Skarner and Cassiopeia Paired TogetherSkarner is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Skarner and Cassiopeia

based on 135 Skarner with Cassiopeia pairs
Win Rate
45.2 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Skarner has been on the same team as Cassiopeia in 135 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data straight from the hosts of League, we feel confident that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Skarner synergize with Cassiopeia. It is very rare for Skarner to play with Cassiopeia as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.1% of rounds with Skarner.

Skarner Cassiopeia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Skarner has done a terrible job of fighting on the same side as Cassiopeia. On average, he wins a dismal 45.2% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Skarner when playing alongside Cassiopeia by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Skarner vs Cassiopeia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Skarner to level upq
>
Second ability for Skarner to level upw
>
Last skill for Skarner to max oute

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Skarner's passive ability p
Skarner's q ability q
Skarner's w ability w
Skarner's e ability e
Skarner's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Cassiopeia

Tips for Playing as Skarner with Cassiopeia

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.

Advice to Understand How Cassiopeia Will Play

Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.

Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.

Skarner Cassiopeia Synergy Stats

Skarner Image
Win Rate
45.2 %
VS
Win Rate
54.8 %
Cassiopeia Image
4
< Kills >
4.2
5.9
< Deaths >
5.8
8.1
< Assists >
8.5
0.93
< Killing Sprees >
0.96
33
< Minions Killed >
39
1.42
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.39
8,253
< Physical Damage >
8,354
3,360
< Magic Damage >
3,310
774
< True Damage >
717
12,388
< Damage Dealt >
12,382
29,981
< Damage Taken >
29,460
10,554
< Gold Earned >
10,761
1.2
< Towers >
1.3
0.28
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
10,514
< Total Healing >
10,346
13,027
< Experience >
13,240
22
< Vision Score >
22
7
< Wards Placed >
7
857
< Time Dealing CC >
844

How to Play with Cassiopeia as Skarner in LoL

The Skarner Cassiopeia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Cassiopeia, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Skarner sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Cassiopeia. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Cassiopeia helps Skarner perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Skarner tries to synergize with Cassiopeia, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Cassiopeia provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played alongside Cassiopeia 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 with Cassiopeia.

Moreover, when Skarner plays with Cassiopeia on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Cassiopeia does a poor job of protecting Skarner in teamfights.

Synergies between Skarner and Cassiopeia

Damage Types Compared

Skarner
Cassiopeia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Skarner
Cassiopeia

Is Skarner better when played alongside Cassiopeia?

There is no ideal ally for Skarner that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Cassiopeia is a very bad ally for Skarner. By locking into the same side as Skarner, she drops their win rate by -3.1% to 45.2%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Skarner and Cassiopeia that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Cassiopeia has a much greater difficulty compared to Skarner. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Cassiopeia teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by grouping Skarner and Cassiopeia together, you will not be giving your other teammates a lot of attack damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this gap in their kit.

Regardless of your Cassiopeia ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Skarner Players

How We Calculated Our Skarner Cassiopeia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Skarner and Cassiopeia, we analyzed 135 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 Skarner with Cassiopeia 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 Skarner to pair well with Cassiopeia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to have in your Skarner and Cassiopeia synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Cassiopeia than with most other typical builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 45.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Cassiopeia with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Skarner and Cassiopeia pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Cassiopeia with Skarner are displayed for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.