Skarner with Soraka
How to Synergize Skarner and Soraka
based on 265 Skarner with Soraka pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Soraka Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Soraka
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 Soraka Will Play
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Skarner Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Soraka helps Skarner perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Skarner is paired with Soraka, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This could signal that Soraka helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played together with Soraka on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Soraka. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Soraka.
Additionally, when Skarner plays with Soraka on the same team, he often receives more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Soraka does a poor job of covering Skarner in team fights.
Synergies between Skarner and Soraka
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Skarner that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Soraka is a not very good companion for Skarner. By locking into the same team as Skarner, she drops their win rate by -2.3% to 46.0%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Skarner and Soraka that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Soraka has a lower difficulty than Skarner. That means Skarner players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Soraka teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Skarner players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by pairing Skarner and Soraka together, you probably will not be providing your side very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Soraka ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Skarner in order to pair well with Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Skarner and Soraka synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Soraka than with many other common item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 46.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Skarner players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.0% win rate overall.
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