Heimerdinger vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Heimerdinger
based on 179 Heimerdinger vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Skarner
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some critical Heimerdinger versus Skarner matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Skarner
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Skarner.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Skarneras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Skarner matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often accumulates much more CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Skarner build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Skarner than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 51.4% battling Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Skarner as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Heimerdinger vs Skarner face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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