Sylas vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Sylas
based on 441 Sylas vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Skarner
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Win Against Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Sylas vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown here feature several vital Sylas vs. Skarner counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Sylas often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Skarner
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Who is Better, Sylas or Skarner?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually wins when playing against Skarner, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Sylas does have a higher win rate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Skarner.
Moreover, Sylas has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Skarner matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sylas is a decent counter for Skarner. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas usually gets much more CS relative to Skarner. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Sylas versus Skarner build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Skarner than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 51.9% when countering Skarner with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Skarner as Sylas, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Sylas vs Skarner face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.9% winrate overall.
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