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Skarner vs Lillia

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How to Beat Lillia as Skarner

based on 742 Skarner vs Lillia matchups
Win Rate
42 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
5.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our database, Skarner did battle with Lillia in 742 rounds. Having so many matchups for Skarner versus Lillia gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide enlightening data and a recommended build to annihilate Lillia. This particular pairing is relatively uncommon. Skarner is forced to battle against Lillia in only 5.9% of his games.

Skarner vs Lillia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Skarner does a pathetic job of beating Lillia. Typically, he wins a lowly 42.0% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Skarner against Lillia rounds, Skarner’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Lillia.

Best Skarner vs Lillia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernSundered SkyBlack CleaverForce of Nature

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
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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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Lillia as Skarner

Tips for Playing as Skarner against Lillia

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.

Skarner vs Lillia Counter Stats

Skarner Image
Win Rate
42 %
VS
Win Rate
58 %
Lillia Image
3.8
< Kills >
7
6
< Deaths >
5.2
8.1
< Assists >
8.6
0.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
37
< Minions Killed >
46
1.42
< Dragons Killed >
1.37
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.41
8,201
< Physical Damage >
865
3,230
< Magic Damage >
16,779
692
< True Damage >
4,945
12,124
< Damage Dealt >
22,591
30,107
< Damage Taken >
40,529
10,524
< Gold Earned >
12,328
1.15
< Towers >
1.4
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
10,677
< Total Healing >
23,207
13,091
< Experience >
14,213
22
< Vision Score >
20
7
< Wards Placed >
6
830
< Time Dealing CC >
446

How to Counter Lillia with Skarner in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Skarner vs. Lillia matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lillia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lillia..

Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Lillia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Skarner and Lillia

Damage Types Compared

Skarner
Lillia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Skarner
Lillia

Who is Better, Skarner or Lillia?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Lillia, with a 42.0% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes a bad counter to Lillia.

While Skarner does have a much lower winrate than Lillia, when facing one another, Skarner also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Skarner into Lillia.

Additionally, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lillia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Skarner is a trash counter to Lillia. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Lillia.

Additional Information for Skarner Players

How We Calculated Our Skarner vs Lillia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lillia as Skarner, we analyzed 742 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 Lillia 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Skarner to counter Lillia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Skarner typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lillia. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Lillia build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Lillia than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 42.0% when countering Lillia with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating Lillia as Skarner, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Skarner vs Lillia matchups, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 42.0% win rate overall.

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