Aphelios vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Aphelios
based on 307 Aphelios vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Skarner
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several valuable Aphelios against Skarner matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Aphelios usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Skarner
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Skarner?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when facing off against Skarner, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Skarneras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios on average racks up much more CS relative to Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Aphelios versus Skarner build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Skarner than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Skarner with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Skarner as Aphelios, Aphelios players should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Aphelios vs Skarner battles, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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