Skarner with Briar
How to Synergize Skarner and Briar
based on 105 Skarner with Briar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Briar Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Briar
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Briar
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.
Skarner Briar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Briar as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Briar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Briar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Skarner sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Briar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Briar helps Skarner perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Skarner tries to synergize with Briar, he gets a little decrease in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Briar does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played with Briar 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 Briar.
Moreover, when Skarner plays with Briar on the same side, he typically takes less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Briar does a decent job of protecting Skarner during teamfights.
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Briar?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Skarner that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Briar is a terrible companion for Skarner. By playing on the same team as Skarner, they decreases their win rate by -8.3% to 40.0%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Skarner and Briar that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Briar has a lower difficulty than Skarner. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Briar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Skarner players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Skarner and Briar together, you probably will not be providing your side much magic damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Briar teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Skarner in order to pair well with Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to build first in your Skarner and Briar synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Briar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 40.0% when playing alongside Briar with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Skarner players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Skarner and Briar pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 40.0% winrate overall.
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