Skarner vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Skarner
based on 268 Skarner vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Skarner vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Skarner versus Nunu & Willump counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump..
Skarner often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Skarner or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a great counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Skarner does have a higher win rate than Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Skarner into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Nunu & Willump 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 team members during teamfights.
Skarner is a great counter for Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Nunu & Willump. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Nunu & Willump build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner included at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Nunu & Willump than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 53.7% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Nunu & Willump as Skarner, Skarner players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Skarner vs Nunu & Willump clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.
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