Twitch with Skarner
How to Synergize Twitch and Skarner
based on 491 Twitch with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Twitch Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Twitch vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Twitch and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Twitch with Skarner
Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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.
Twitch Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Twitch in LoL
The Twitch 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, Twitch sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Skarner helps Twitch perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Twitch tries to synergize with Skarner, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Skarner provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Twitch is played together with Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Skarner.
Additionally, when Twitch plays with Skarner on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Skarner does a decent job of covering Twitch in teamfights.
Synergies between Twitch and Skarner
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Is Twitch better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no one best companion for Twitch that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Skarner is a relatively poor ally for Twitch. By being on the same team as Twitch, he lowers their win rate by -2.3% to 47.7%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Twitch and Skarner that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Skarner has a lower difficulty than Twitch. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Skarner comrades to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Twitch and Skarner together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Skarner ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, 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 Twitch to work well with Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Twitch and Skarner synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Twitch bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Skarner than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Twitch boasted an average winrate of 47.7% helping carry Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, Twitch players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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