Kalista vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Kalista
based on 123 Kalista vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Skarner
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Kalista versus Skarner counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Kalista often has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Skarner
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Who is Better, Kalista or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Skarner, with a 38.2% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a bad counter to Skarner.
While Kalista does have a much lower winrate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Skarneras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kalista is a bad counter for Skarner. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually racks up much more CS relative to Skarner. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kalista versus Skarner build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs Skarner than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 38.2% battling Skarner with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Skarner as Kalista, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kalista vs Skarner LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 38.2% winrate overall.
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