Skarner vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Skarner
based on 296 Skarner vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Soraka Counter Build
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Core Skarner Items
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Skarner vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Skarner versus Soraka matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Skarner normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Soraka. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Soraka
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Who is Better, Skarner or Soraka?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually wins when trying to fight Soraka, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes a good counter to Soraka.
While Skarner does have a higher win rate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Skarner into Soraka.
Moreover, Skarner also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Soraka matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Skarner is a decent counter for Soraka. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Soraka during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Soraka. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Soraka build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Soraka than with most other common item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Soraka with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Soraka 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 sets that we analyzed for Skarner vs Soraka counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Soraka as Skarner are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.