Skarner vs Lissandra
How to Beat Lissandra as Skarner
based on 142 Skarner vs Lissandra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Lissandra Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Lissandra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Lissandra
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 Lissandra
Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.
Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.
The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.
Skarner vs Lissandra Counter Stats
How to Counter Lissandra with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Skarner against Lissandra matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lissandra..
Skarner often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Lissandra. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Lissandra
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Who is Better, Skarner or Lissandra?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually fairs equally well when playing against Lissandra, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes an ok counter for Lissandra.
While Skarner does have a higher win rate compared to Lissandra, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Lissandra.
Additionally, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lissandra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Lissandra matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a decent counter for Lissandra. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Lissandra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner in order to counter Lissandra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Lissandra. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Skarner versus Lissandra build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Lissandra than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 50.7% battling Lissandra with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Lissandra 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 that we analyzed for Skarner vs Lissandra fights, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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