Skarner with Mordekaiser
How to Synergize Skarner and Mordekaiser
based on 753 Skarner with Mordekaiser pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Mordekaiser Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser Will Play
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
Skarner Mordekaiser Synergy Stats
How to Play with Mordekaiser as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Mordekaiser synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Mordekaiser, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Mordekaiser. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Mordekaiser helps Skarner perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Skarner plays on the same team as Mordekaiser, he sees a little drop in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Mordekaiser does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played alongside Mordekaiser on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Mordekaiser.
Additionally, when Skarner plays with Mordekaiser on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Mordekaiser does a poor job of protecting Skarner during teamfights.
Synergies between Skarner and Mordekaiser
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Mordekaiser?
There is no one best synergy for Skarner that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, Mordekaiser is a great ally for Skarner. By being on the same team as Skarner, he raises their win rate by 3.6% to 51.9%. This signals that there is a very strong strategic relationship between Skarner and Mordekaiser that results in them performing better together than alone.
Mordekaiser has a lower difficulty than Skarner. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Mordekaiser allies to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing together, Skarner players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Skarner and Mordekaiser together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough utility. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Mordekaiser ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner to work well with Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Skarner and Mordekaiser synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Mordekaiser than with most other common item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average winrate of 51.9% helping carry Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Mordekaiser with Skarner are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.