Shyvana vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Shyvana
based on 201 Shyvana vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Skarner Counter Build
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Core Shyvana Items
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Skarner
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
Advice to Win Against Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Shyvana vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Shyvana in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Shyvana against Skarner counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Shyvana usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shyvana and Skarner
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 52.7% win rate. As a result, Shyvana makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Shyvana does have a higher win rate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Shyvana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Shyvana into Skarner.
Moreover, Shyvana has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Skarner matchups, Shyvana is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Shyvana is an above average counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shyvana against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shyvana to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana on average gets more CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Shyvana versus Skarner build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Skarner than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Shyvana had an average win rate of 52.7% when countering Skarner with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Skarner as Shyvana, Shyvana players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Shyvana vs Skarner LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.7% winrate overall.
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