Leona vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Leona
based on 479 Leona vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Skarner
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Leona in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some vital Leona vs. Skarner counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Leona usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Skarner
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Who is Better, Leona or Skarner?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 53.7% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Leona does have a higher win rate than Skarner, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Skarner.
Additionally, Leona also has a great deal 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Skarner matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Leona is a great counter for Skarner. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Leona 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Skarner. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Leona versus Skarner build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Skarner than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 53.7% when countering Skarner with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of beating Skarner as Leona, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Leona vs Skarner battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Skarner as Leona are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.