Master Yi with Skarner
How to Synergize Master Yi and Skarner
based on 111 Master Yi with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Master Yi Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Master Yi vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Skarner
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
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.
Master Yi Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi 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, Master Yi sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Master Yi perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Master Yi is an ally to Skarner, he gets a massive increase in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Skarner helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played alongside Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Skarner.
Moreover, when Master Yi plays with Skarner on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Skarner does a poor job of covering Master Yi during team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Skarner
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no top champion pairing for Master Yi that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Skarner is a very bad teammate for Master Yi. By playing on the same team as Master Yi, he lowers their win rate by -11.0% to 39.6%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Master Yi and Skarner that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Master Yi. That means Master Yi players should be cautious when lining up Skarner allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Master Yi and Skarner together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of magic damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Master Yi to work well with Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Master Yi and Skarner synergy build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance, and T.U.R.B.O.. When Master Yi included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Skarner than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 39.6% when playing alongside Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 39.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Skarner with Master Yi are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.