Naafiri vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Naafiri
based on 150 Naafiri vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Skarner
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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.
Naafiri vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several significant Naafiri versus Skarner counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Skarner. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they takes less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Skarner
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when facing off against Skarner, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Skarner.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Skarner.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Naafiri is a decent counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often racks up much more CS relative to Skarner. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Skarner build consist of Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Naafiri combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better against Skarner than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Skarner with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Skarner as Naafiri, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Naafiri vs Skarner counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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