Skarner with Zoe
How to Synergize Skarner and Zoe
based on 171 Skarner with Zoe pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Zoe Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Zoe Counter Build
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Core Skarner Items
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Zoe
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Zoe
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 Zoe Will Play
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
Skarner Zoe Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zoe as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Zoe synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zoe, 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 Zoe. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zoe helps Skarner perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Skarner tries to synergize with Zoe, he gets a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Zoe provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played together with Zoe on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Zoe. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zoe.
Moreover, when Skarner plays with Zoe on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Zoe does a poor job of covering Skarner during teamfights.
Synergies between Skarner and Zoe
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Zoe?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Skarner that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Zoe is a superb ally for Skarner. By being on the same team as Skarner, she raises their win rate by 3.2% to 51.5%. This proves that there is a strong synergy between Skarner and Zoe that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Zoe has a lower difficulty than Skarner. That means Skarner players don't need to be cautious when arranging Zoe teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Skarner players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Skarner and Zoe together, you will not be giving your team very much attack damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Zoe ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Skarner to work well with Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Skarner and Zoe synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Zoe than with many other common item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 51.5% when playing alongside Zoe with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing 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 rune sets players picked for Skarner and Zoe pairings, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Zoe with Skarner are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.