Skarner vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Skarner
based on 1,425 Skarner vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Skarner vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Skarner versus Jhin counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin..
Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jhin. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Jhin
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Who is Better, Skarner or Jhin?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when trying to fight Jhin, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a bad counter for Jhin.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate compared to Jhin, when facing one another, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Jhin.
Moreover, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Skarner is a somewhat poor counter for Jhin. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner in order to counter Jhin during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Jhin. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Skarner versus Jhin build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Jhin than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when playing against Jhin with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Jhin as Skarner, Skarner players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Skarner vs Jhin matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
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