Skarner vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Skarner
based on 695 Skarner vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Skarner vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Skarner vs. Master Yi counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Master Yi..
Skarner normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Skarner or Master Yi?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually wins when playing against Master Yi, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a good counter to Master Yi.
While Skarner does have a higher win rate than Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Skarner into Master Yi.
Additionally, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Master Yi matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Skarner is an above average counter to Master Yi. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Master Yi. 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Master Yi build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Master Yi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Master Yi as Skarner, Skarner players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Skarner vs Master Yi counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.5% winrate overall.
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