Skarner vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Skarner
based on 490 Skarner vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Skarner vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some important Skarner vs. Thresh counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Thresh..
Skarner typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Thresh. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Thresh
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Who is Better, Skarner or Thresh?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Thresh, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes an ok counter to Thresh.
While Skarner does have a higher winrate than Thresh, when facing one another, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Thresh.
Furthermore, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Thresh matchups, Thresh is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Skarner is a decent counter for Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner to counter Thresh during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Thresh. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Thresh build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Thresh than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Thresh with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Thresh as Skarner, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Skarner vs Thresh matchups, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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