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How to Synergize Trundle with Skarner on the Same TeamTrundle is in the s tier of champions

Trundle with Skarner

How to Win With Trundle and Skarner Paired TogetherTrundle is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Trundle and Skarner

based on 551 Trundle with Skarner pairs
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
1.54
Pick Rate
0.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Trundle has fought alongside Skarner in 551 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Trundle synergize with Skarner. It is very rare for Trundle to play alongside Skarner as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 0.2% of games with Trundle.

Trundle Skarner Synergy Summary

Trundle has done a decent job of teaming up with Skarner. Normally, he wins an acceptable 51.0% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Trundle when playing with Skarner by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Trundle vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Trundle Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceBlade of The Ruined KingHullbreaker

Optional Items

ThornmailRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Trundle's passive ability p
Trundle's q ability q
Trundle's w ability w
Trundle's e ability e
Trundle's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Trundle and Skarner

Tips for Playing as Trundle with Skarner

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

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.

Trundle Skarner Synergy Stats

Trundle Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Skarner Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.4
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
4.6
< Assists >
5.5
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
169
< Minions Killed >
143
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.5
0.88
< Inhibitors >
0.82
16,842
< Physical Damage >
15,758
2,440
< Magic Damage >
2,360
463
< True Damage >
546
19,746
< Damage Dealt >
18,664
35,249
< Damage Taken >
36,023
12,383
< Gold Earned >
12,372
3.56
< Towers >
3.4
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
15,163
< Total Healing >
16,624
14,623
< Experience >
14,565
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
328
< Time Dealing CC >
339

How to Play with Skarner as Trundle in LoL

The Trundle 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, Trundle 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 decrease shows that Skarner helps Trundle perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Trundle tries to synergize with Skarner, he observes a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Skarner provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Trundle is played with Skarner 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 alongside Skarner.

Moreover, when Trundle plays with Skarner on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Trundle in team fights.

Synergies between Trundle and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Trundle
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Trundle
Skarner

Is Trundle better when played alongside Skarner?

There is no one best ally for Trundle that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, overall, Skarner is a relatively poor teammate for Trundle. By playing on the same team as Trundle, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 51.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Trundle and Skarner that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Skarner has a lower difficulty than Trundle. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Skarner teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting together, Trundle players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by aligning Trundle and Skarner together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough magical damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Skarner teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Trundle Players

How We Calculated Our Trundle Skarner Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Trundle and Skarner, we analyzed 551 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 Trundle with Skarner 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

To truly master Trundle to work well with Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to prioritize in your Trundle and Skarner synergy build include Trinity Force, Blade of The Ruined King, and Hullbreaker. When Trundle combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Skarner than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Trundle boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Skarner with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.

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