Warwick vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Warwick
based on 584 Warwick vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Skarner
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Warwick versus Skarner counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Warwick usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Warwick and Skarner
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Who is Better, Warwick or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Warwick usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Warwick makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Warwick does have a higher win rate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Skarner.
Additionally, Warwick also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Skarner matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Warwick is a decent counter to Skarner. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Warwick in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Skarner. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Warwick versus Skarner build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Warwick had an average winrate of 51.0% battling Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Skarner as Warwick, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Warwick vs Skarner LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.0% winrate overall.
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