Yasuo vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Yasuo
based on 887 Yasuo vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Skarner
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Yasuo versus Skarner matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner..
Yasuo typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Skarner
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Skarner, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Yasuo into Skarneras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Skarner matchups, Yasuo 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.
Yasuo is a good counter to Skarner. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually accumulates much more CS relative to Skarner. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Yasuo versus Skarner build include Infinity Edge, Death's Dance, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average win rate of 52.1% battling Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Skarner as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Yasuo vs Skarner fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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