Talon vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Talon
based on 281 Talon vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Skarner
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several critical Talon against Skarner counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Talon usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Skarner
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Who is Better, Talon or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 58.0% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a fantastic counter for Skarner.
While Talon does have a much higher winrate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Talon into Skarneras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Skarner matchups, Talon is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Talon is a great counter for Skarner. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often accumulates more CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Talon versus Skarner build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Profane Hydra. When Talon included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Skarner than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 58.0% when countering Skarner with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Skarner as Talon, Talon players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nullifying Orb, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Talon vs Skarner face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 58.0% winrate overall.
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