Karthus vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Karthus
based on 168 Karthus vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Skarner
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
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.
Karthus vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some significant Karthus versus Skarner matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Karthus typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Skarner
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Who is Better, Karthus or Skarner?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when taking on Skarner, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Karthus makes a poor counter for Skarner.
While Karthus does have a lower win rate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karthus into Skarneras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Karthus also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Karthus is a somewhat poor counter for Skarner. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus often picks up more CS compared to Skarner. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Skarner build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Skarner than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 48.2% battling Skarner with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Skarner as Karthus, Karthus players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Karthus vs Skarner counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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