Skarner vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Skarner
based on 176 Skarner vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Skarner vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several significant Skarner versus Xayah matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xayah..
Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xayah. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Xayah
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Who is Better, Skarner or Xayah?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes a great counter for Xayah.
While Skarner does have a much higher winrate compared to Xayah, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Skarner into Xayah.
Moreover, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Xayah matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Skarner is a great counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically racks up a lot less CS as Xayah. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Skarner versus Xayah build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Xayah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 54.0% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Xayah as Skarner, you 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 players used for Skarner vs Xayah counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.0% win rate overall.
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