Skarner vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Skarner
based on 700 Skarner vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Skarner vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Skarner against Nocturne matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Skarner normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Skarner or Nocturne?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when trying to fight Nocturne, with a 46.1% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a poor counter to Nocturne.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when facing one another, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Skarner into Nocturne.
Furthermore, Skarner also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Skarner is a terribly counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner in order to counter Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into 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 typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Nocturne build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Nocturne than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when countering Nocturne with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Nocturne 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Skarner vs Nocturne counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.1% win rate overall.
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