Lucian vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Lucian
based on 727 Lucian vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Skarner
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Lucian vs. Skarner matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Lucian typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Skarner
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Who is Better, Lucian or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 53.1% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a great counter for Skarner.
While Lucian does have a higher win rate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lucian into Skarner.
Moreover, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Skarner matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lucian is a great counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian in order to counter Skarner during both the early game 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 stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian typically accumulates much more CS as Skarner. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Lucian versus Skarner build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 53.1% when playing against Skarner with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Skarner as Lucian, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Lucian vs Skarner face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.1% winrate overall.
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