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How to Win Skarner vs Leona Counter MatchupSkarner is in the b tier of champions

Skarner vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Skarner in LoLSkarner is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Skarner

based on 479 Skarner vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. In our database, Skarner engaged Leona in 479 matches. Including so many games with Skarner vs Leona gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide informative statistics and a supported build to shatter Leona. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Skarner has to counter Leona in only 3.8% of his rounds.

Skarner vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Skarner does a pathetic job of beating Leona. On average, he wins a lowly 46.3% of games the champions battle one another in. In Skarner versus Leona rounds, Skarner’s team is 0.2% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Leona.

Best Skarner vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Sundered SkyForce of NatureIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Skarner to level upq
>
Second ability for Skarner to level upw
>
Last skill for Skarner to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Skarner's passive ability p
Skarner's q ability q
Skarner's w ability w
Skarner's e ability e
Skarner's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Leona as Skarner

Tips for Playing as Skarner against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Skarner vs Leona Counter Stats

Skarner Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
Leona Image
4.1
< Kills >
2.1
6.1
< Deaths >
5.7
9
< Assists >
13.7
0.93
< Killing Sprees >
0.35
39
< Minions Killed >
31
1.34
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.49
8,228
< Physical Damage >
2,752
3,472
< Magic Damage >
6,539
779
< True Damage >
932
12,480
< Damage Dealt >
10,223
29,164
< Damage Taken >
22,257
10,575
< Gold Earned >
8,520
1.23
< Towers >
1.63
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,877
< Total Healing >
2,764
12,922
< Experience >
10,335
21
< Vision Score >
54
7
< Wards Placed >
23
903
< Time Dealing CC >
226

How to Counter Leona with Skarner in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some valuable Skarner against Leona matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona..

Skarner typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Skarner and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Skarner
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Skarner
Leona

Who is Better, Skarner or Leona?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when playing against Leona, with a 46.3% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes a poor counter for Leona.

While Skarner does have a lower win rate than Leona, when facing one another, Skarner also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Skarner into Leona.

Furthermore, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Skarner is a bad counter for Leona. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Skarner

Skarner Loses Against

AlistarAlistar41.3% winrateZileanZilean41.8% winrateKledKled41.8% winrateTalonTalon42% winrate

Skarner Wins Against

KalistaKalista61.8% winrateSejuaniSejuani61.2% winrateKennenKennen58.7% winrateZeriZeri57.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

NilahNilah+ 55.5% 209 GamesAurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.5% 211 GamesBraumBraum+ 57.4% 136 GamesZileanZilean+ 57.6% 132 Games

Additional Information for Skarner Players

How We Calculated Our Skarner vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Skarner, we analyzed 479 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Leona as Skarner comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Skarner most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Leona. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 top items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Leona build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Leona than with most other common item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average winrate of 46.3% battling Leona with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Leona 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 combinations we have analyed for Skarner vs Leona matchups, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.3% win rate overall.

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