Skarner with Xerath
How to Synergize Skarner and Xerath
based on 486 Skarner with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Skarner Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Skarner perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Skarner is paired with Xerath, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Xerath helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played together with Xerath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Xerath.
Additionally, when Skarner plays with Xerath on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Skarner in teamfights.
Synergies between Skarner and Xerath
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Skarner that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, Xerath is a pretty good ally for Skarner. By locking into the same side as Skarner, he improves their win rate by 1.1% to 49.4%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Skarner and Xerath that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Skarner. That means you should be very careful when lining up Xerath comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Skarner players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Skarner and Xerath together, you will not be providing your other teammates enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing 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 Skarner in order to synergize with Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Skarner and Xerath synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Xerath than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Skarner players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Skarner and Xerath pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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