Ryze vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Ryze
based on 123 Ryze vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Skarner
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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.
Ryze vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some important Ryze against Skarner counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Ryze usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Skarner. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ryze and Skarner
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Who is Better, Ryze or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ryze usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 57.7% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes a fantastic counter for Skarner.
While Ryze does have a much higher win rate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Ryze into Skarneras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ryze also has some 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Skarner matchups, Ryze is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ryze is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ryze against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ryze in order to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze most often accumulates much more CS compared to Skarner. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Ryze versus Skarner build include Seraph's Embrace, Luden's Companion, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Skarner than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ryze had an average win rate of 57.7% when playing against Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Skarner as Ryze, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ryze vs Skarner battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 57.7% winrate overall.
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