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How to Win Skarner vs Viego Counter MatchupSkarner is in the b tier of champions

Skarner vs Viego

How to Beat Viego as Skarner in LoLSkarner is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Viego as Skarner

based on 513 Skarner vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds every week. In our dataset, Skarner faced Viego 513 times. Including so many matchups for Skarner vs Viego provides us faith in our capability to produce useful statistics and a pro build to obliterate your foe. This particular pairing is relatively uncommon. Skarner fights Viego in only 4.0% of his matches.

Skarner vs Viego Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Skarner does a dismal job of beating Viego. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.1% of games the champions face each other in. In Skarner against Viego matches, Skarner’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Viego.

Best Skarner vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Iceborn GauntletBlack CleaverSundered SkyForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Skarner to level upq
>
Second ability for Skarner to level upw
>
Last skill for Skarner to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Skarner's passive ability p
Skarner's q ability q
Skarner's w ability w
Skarner's e ability e
Skarner's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Guide to Countering Viego as Skarner

Tips for Playing as Skarner against Viego

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.

Skarner vs Viego Counter Stats

Skarner Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Viego Image
4.2
< Kills >
6.5
5.7
< Deaths >
6.1
8.1
< Assists >
6.5
0.96
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
38
< Minions Killed >
34
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
1.45
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.39
7,909
< Physical Damage >
14,124
3,085
< Magic Damage >
1,688
671
< True Damage >
753
11,666
< Damage Dealt >
16,566
28,262
< Damage Taken >
31,606
10,581
< Gold Earned >
11,662
1.34
< Towers >
1.34
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
10,004
< Total Healing >
15,537
12,865
< Experience >
13,110
21
< Vision Score >
20
6
< Wards Placed >
5
810
< Time Dealing CC >
230

How to Counter Viego with Skarner in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several significant Skarner against Viego matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viego..

Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Viego. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Skarner and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Skarner
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Skarner
Viego

Who is Better, Skarner or Viego?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when playing against Viego, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a bad counter for Viego.

While Skarner does have a lower winrate than Viego, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Viego.

Moreover, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viego. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Skarner is a somewhat poor counter for Viego. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Viego.

Other Champion Matchups Against Skarner

Skarner Loses Against

AlistarAlistar41.3% winrateZileanZilean41.8% winrateKledKled41.8% winrateTalonTalon42% winrate

Skarner Wins Against

KalistaKalista61.8% winrateSejuaniSejuani61.2% winrateKennenKennen58.7% winrateZeriZeri57.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

NilahNilah+ 55.5% 209 GamesAurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.5% 211 GamesBraumBraum+ 57.4% 136 GamesZileanZilean+ 57.6% 132 Games

Additional Information for Skarner Players

How We Calculated Our Skarner vs Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Skarner, we analyzed 513 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Viego as Skarner comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Skarner Build Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Skarner to counter Viego during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Skarner most often gets a similar amount of CS as Viego. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Viego build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Viego than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Viego with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Viego 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 builds players used for Skarner vs Viego face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.

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