Skarner vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Skarner
based on 135 Skarner vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Skarner vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Skarner versus Taric counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taric..
Skarner normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Taric. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Taric
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Who is Better, Skarner or Taric?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually wins when playing against Taric, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a good counter to Taric.
While Skarner does have a higher winrate than Taric, when facing one another, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Skarner into Taric.
Furthermore, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Taric 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 an above average counter for Taric. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Taric. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Taric 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 much better when fighting Taric than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when playing against Taric with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Taric as Skarner, Skarner players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Skarner vs Taric counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% win rate overall.
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