Annie with Skarner
How to Synergize Annie and Skarner
based on 213 Annie with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Annie Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Annie vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Annie with Skarner
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Annie in LoL
The Annie Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Annie sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Annie perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Annie tries to synergize with Skarner, she observes a little increase in her full damage output. This may indicate that Skarner provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played together with Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Skarner.
Additionally, when Annie plays with Skarner on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Skarner does a decent job of covering Annie during teamfights.
Synergies between Annie and Skarner
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Is Annie better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Annie that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. Yet, Skarner is a very typical ally for Annie. By being on the same team as Annie, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 49.3%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Annie and Skarner that results in them performing at the same level together than alone.
Skarner has a lower difficulty than Annie. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Skarner teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Annie players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Annie and Skarner together, you may not be providing your side very much attack damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Annie to pair well with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Annie and Skarner synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Annie incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better as an ally of Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing alongside Skarner with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Skarner with Annie are given for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.