Amumu with Skarner
How to Synergize Amumu and Skarner
based on 60 Amumu with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Amumu Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Amumu vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Amumu and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Amumu with Skarner
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Advice to Understand How Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Amumu Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Amumu in LoL
The Amumu Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Amumu sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Skarner helps Amumu perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Amumu tries to synergize with Skarner, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Skarner does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Amumu is played alongside Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Skarner.
Moreover, when Amumu plays with Skarner on the same side, he usually takes less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Amumu during team fights.
Synergies between Amumu and Skarner
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Is Amumu better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Amumu that will always be his best synergy. Yet, Skarner is a below average companion for Amumu. By being on the same side as Amumu, he decreases their win rate by -2.3% to 46.7%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Amumu and Skarner that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Amumu. That means you need to be very careful when arranging Skarner allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting together, Amumu players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. Together, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Amumu and Skarner together, you may not be granting your other allies much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to synergize with Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Amumu and Skarner synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Abyssal Mask. When Amumu bought at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Skarner than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 46.7% when playing alongside Skarner with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Skarner with Amumu are presented for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.