Skarner vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Skarner
based on 259 Skarner vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Skarner vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Skarner against Gwen counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Gwen
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Who is Better, Skarner or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 54.8% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes a great counter to Gwen.
While Skarner does have a much higher win rate compared to Gwen, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Skarner into Gwen.
Moreover, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Gwen matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a great counter for Gwen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner usually accumulates a lot less CS as Gwen. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Gwen build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Gwen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 54.8% battling Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Gwen as Skarner, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Skarner vs Gwen LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.8% win rate overall.
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