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How to Synergize Skarner with Jayce on the Same TeamSkarner is in the b tier of champions

Skarner with Jayce

How to Win With Skarner and Jayce Paired TogetherSkarner is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Skarner and Jayce

based on 164 Skarner with Jayce pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Skarner has gone into battle with Jayce in 164 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the creators of LoL, we are totally sure that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Skarner play with Jayce. It is very rare for Skarner to play with Jayce on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 1.3% of matches with Skarner.

Skarner Jayce Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Skarner has done a poor job of fighting on the same side as Jayce. On average, he wins a dismal 47.0% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Skarner when playing alongside Jayce by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Skarner vs Jayce Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Skarner to level upq
>
Second ability for Skarner to level upw
>
Last skill for Skarner to max oute

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Skarner's passive ability p
Skarner's q ability q
Skarner's w ability w
Skarner's e ability e
Skarner's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Jayce

Tips for Playing as Skarner with Jayce

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.

Advice to Understand How Jayce Will Play

For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.

If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.

Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.

Skarner Jayce Synergy Stats

Skarner Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Jayce Image
3.8
< Kills >
4.2
5.3
< Deaths >
5.8
8.8
< Assists >
8.5
0.87
< Killing Sprees >
0.96
26
< Minions Killed >
39
1.44
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.39
6,895
< Physical Damage >
8,354
2,738
< Magic Damage >
3,310
671
< True Damage >
717
10,304
< Damage Dealt >
12,382
27,672
< Damage Taken >
29,460
10,270
< Gold Earned >
10,761
1.28
< Towers >
1.3
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
10,319
< Total Healing >
10,346
12,424
< Experience >
13,240
22
< Vision Score >
22
7
< Wards Placed >
7
788
< Time Dealing CC >
844

How to Play with Jayce as Skarner in LoL

The Skarner Jayce synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jayce, 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 Jayce. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Jayce helps Skarner perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Skarner tries to synergize with Jayce, he gets a big decrease in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Jayce does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played alongside Jayce on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Jayce. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Jayce.

Additionally, when Skarner plays with Jayce on the same side, he often takes less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Jayce does a decent job of protecting Skarner in teamfights.

Synergies between Skarner and Jayce

Damage Types Compared

Skarner
Jayce
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Skarner
Jayce

Is Skarner better when played alongside Jayce?

There is no perfect ally for Skarner that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Jayce is a relatively poor teammate for Skarner. By locking into the same side as Skarner, he lowers their win rate by -1.3% to 47.0%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Skarner and Jayce that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Jayce has a greater difficulty than Skarner. That means you must be careful when lining up Jayce allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.

When playing alongside, Skarner players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by pairing Skarner and Jayce together, you will not be granting your team very much magic damage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Jayce ally, 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.

Additional Information for Skarner Players

How We Calculated Our Skarner Jayce Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Skarner and Jayce, we analyzed 164 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Skarner with Jayce comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner to pair well with Jayce during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to prioritize in your Skarner and Jayce synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Jayce than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 47.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Jayce with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Skarner and Jayce pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Jayce with Skarner are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.