Rakan with Skarner
How to Synergize Rakan and Skarner
based on 320 Rakan with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Rakan vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Skarner
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan 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, Rakan sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Rakan perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rakan plays on the same team as Skarner, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Skarner supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played alongside Skarner on the same side, 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.
Additionally, when Rakan plays with Skarner on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Skarner does a decent job of covering Rakan during team fights.
Synergies between Rakan and Skarner
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Rakan that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Skarner is a below average teammate for Rakan. By playing on the same side as Rakan, he decreases their win rate by -2.8% to 47.8%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Rakan and Skarner that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Skarner has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means Rakan players don't need to be cautious when finding Skarner teammates to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, Rakan players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Rakan and Skarner together, you may not be giving your team very much attack damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to synergize with Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Rakan and Skarner synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Skarner than with many other typical builds. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing alongside Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Rakan and Skarner pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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