Skarner vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Skarner
based on 352 Skarner vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Skarner vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some vital Skarner vs. Nami counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami..
Skarner often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Nami
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Who is Better, Skarner or Nami?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually fairs equally well when taking on Nami, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Skarner does have a higher win rate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Nami.
Additionally, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Nami matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Skarner is a decent counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Nami 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 above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner usually picks up more CS compared to Nami. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Skarner versus Nami build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Nami than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Nami as Skarner, Skarner players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Skarner vs Nami clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
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