Rek'Sai vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Rek'Sai
based on 70 Rek'Sai vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Skarner
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Rek'Sai versus Skarner matchup stats that can help you realize the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Rek'Sai often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Skarner
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Skarner?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Rek'Sai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Skarner.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Skarner matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a decent counter for Skarner. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rek'Sai in order to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Skarner. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Skarner build include Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Black Cleaver. When Rek'Sai included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Skarner than with most other common builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 51.4% battling Skarner with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Skarner as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Rek'Sai vs Skarner face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.
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