Skarner vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Skarner
based on 618 Skarner vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Skarner Items
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Aatrox
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Skarner vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown here show several vital Skarner vs. Aatrox counter statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aatrox..
Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Skarner or Aatrox?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Aatrox, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a bad counter to Aatrox.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Skarner into Aatrox.
Additionally, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a bad counter to Aatrox. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Aatrox. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Skarner versus Aatrox build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Aatrox than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 46.6% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Aatrox as Skarner, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Skarner vs Aatrox face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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