Skarner with Zeri
How to Synergize Skarner and Zeri
based on 138 Skarner with Zeri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Zeri Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Zeri
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Zeri
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 Zeri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zeri as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Zeri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zeri, 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 Zeri. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zeri helps Skarner perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Skarner tries to synergize with Zeri, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference may indicate that Zeri does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played together with Zeri 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 Zeri.
Moreover, when Skarner plays with Zeri on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Zeri does a decent job of covering Skarner during team fights.
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Zeri?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Skarner that will always be his top ally. However, overall, Zeri is a relatively poor teammate for Skarner. By locking into the same side as Skarner, they drops their win rate by -1.2% to 47.1%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Skarner and Zeri that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Zeri has a greater difficulty than Skarner. That means Skarner players must be very careful when arranging Zeri teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by bringing Skarner and Zeri together, you may not be granting your team a lot of magic damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Zeri ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to pair well with Zeri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Skarner and Zeri synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Zeri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average winrate of 47.1% helping carry Zeri with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating 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 that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.1% winrate overall.
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