Skarner with Viktor
How to Synergize Skarner and Viktor
based on 213 Skarner with Viktor pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Viktor Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Viktor
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Viktor
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 Viktor Will Play
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Skarner Viktor Synergy Stats
How to Play with Viktor as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Viktor synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Viktor, 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 Viktor. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Viktor helps Skarner perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Skarner is paired with Viktor, he sees a small increase in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Viktor provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played with Viktor on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Viktor.
Moreover, when Skarner plays with Viktor on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Viktor does a decent job of covering Skarner during team fights.
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Viktor?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Skarner that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Viktor is a below average teammate for Skarner. By playing on the same team as Skarner, he decreases their win rate by -2.3% to 46.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Skarner and Viktor that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Viktor has a much greater difficulty compared to Skarner. That means Skarner players need to be very careful when enlisting Viktor allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, Skarner players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Skarner and Viktor together, you will not be giving your team much utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Viktor ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Skarner in order to synergize with Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep 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 by a lot.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Skarner and Viktor synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Viktor than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 46.0% when playing alongside Viktor with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, Skarner players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.0% win rate overall.
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