Skarner vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Skarner
based on 887 Skarner vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Skarner vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Skarner in LoL
The stats provided here feature some valuable Skarner versus Yasuo matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between the two. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yasuo..
Skarner typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Skarner or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when facing off against Yasuo, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a poor counter to Yasuo.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate than Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Skarner into Yasuo.
Moreover, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a garbage counter for Yasuo. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep 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 by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner often racks up a lot less CS compared to Yasuo. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly 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 case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Skarner versus Yasuo build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Yasuo than with many other typical builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when playing against Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Yasuo as Skarner, Skarner players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Skarner vs Yasuo face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.
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