Braum vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Braum
based on 144 Braum vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Skarner
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Braum in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Braum against Skarner matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Braum normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Braum and Skarner
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Who is Better, Braum or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Braum usually loses when trying to fight Skarner, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Braum makes a bad counter to Skarner.
While Braum does have a lower winrate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Braum also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Braum into Skarner.
Moreover, Braum also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Braum vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Braum is a garbage counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Braum in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Skarner. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Braum versus Skarner build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Braum bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Skarner than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Braum boasted an average win rate of 47.2% battling Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Skarner as Braum, Braum players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Braum vs Skarner battles, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.
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