Maokai vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Maokai
based on 494 Maokai vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Skarner
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack 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.
Maokai vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Maokai in LoL
The stats provided here show some strategic Maokai against Skarner matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Skarner
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Maokai or Skarner?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 55.3% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a fantastic counter to Skarner.
While Maokai does have a much higher win rate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Skarner.
Additionally, Maokai has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Skarner matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai 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 suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often gets a similar amount of CS as Skarner. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Maokai versus Skarner build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Skarner than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 55.3% when countering Skarner with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Skarner as Maokai, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Maokai vs Skarner matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.3% winrate overall.
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