Anivia vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Anivia
based on 220 Anivia vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Skarner
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Anivia versus Skarner counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Anivia often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Skarner
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Who is Better, Anivia or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 54.5% win rate. As a result, Anivia makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Anivia does have a much higher win rate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Anivia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Anivia into Skarneras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Anivia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Skarner matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Anivia is a great counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Anivia against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Anivia in order to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia often picks up much more CS compared to Skarner. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Anivia versus Skarner build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 54.5% when playing against Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Skarner as Anivia, Anivia players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Anivia vs Skarner counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.5% win rate overall.
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