Viktor vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Viktor
based on 201 Viktor vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Skarner Counter Build
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Core Viktor Items
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Skarner
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Viktor in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several vital Viktor against Skarner counter stats that can help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Viktor normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Skarner
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Who is Better, Viktor or Skarner?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Viktor makes a great counter for Skarner.
While Viktor does have a higher winrate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Viktor also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Viktor into Skarneras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Viktor has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Skarner matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a great counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Viktor against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor most often gets much more CS as Skarner. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Viktor versus Skarner build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Skarner than with most other common builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 53.7% when countering Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Skarner as Viktor, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Viktor vs Skarner counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Skarner as Viktor are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.