Skarner vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Skarner
based on 473 Skarner vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Malphite Counter Build
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Core Skarner Items
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Skarner vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some vital Skarner versus Malphite matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences between this set of champions. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Skarner often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malphite. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Malphite
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Who is Better, Skarner or Malphite?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when playing against Malphite, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Skarner into Malphite.
Additionally, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a garbage counter to Malphite. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner to counter Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Malphite. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Skarner versus Malphite 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 performed much better against Malphite than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 46.9% when playing against Malphite with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Malphite 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 used for Skarner vs Malphite counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.
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