Skarner vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Skarner
based on 449 Skarner vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Skarner vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Skarner vs. Darius matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Darius’s ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Darius. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Darius
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Who is Better, Skarner or Darius?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually fairs equally well when taking on Darius, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes an ok counter to Darius.
While Skarner does have a higher winrate compared to Darius, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Darius.
Furthermore, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Darius matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a decent counter for Darius. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner often gets a lot less CS relative to Darius. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Darius build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Darius than with many other common builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 50.1% when countering Darius with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Darius as Skarner, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Skarner vs Darius counters, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
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