Volibear with Skarner
How to Synergize Volibear and Skarner
based on 159 Volibear with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Volibear Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Volibear vs Skarner Counter Build
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Core Volibear Items
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Guide to Synergizing Volibear and Skarner
Advice to Understand How Skarner Will Play
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.
Volibear Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Volibear in LoL
The Volibear Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Volibear sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Skarner helps Volibear perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Volibear is paired with Skarner, he observes a sizeable uptick in his complete damage output. This change could indicate that Skarner supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Volibear is played alongside Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Skarner. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Skarner.
Moreover, when Volibear plays with Skarner on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Skarner does a poor job of protecting Volibear in team fights.
Synergies between Volibear and Skarner
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Is Volibear better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no one best companion for Volibear that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Skarner is a great teammate for Volibear. By being on the same team as Volibear, he increases their win rate by 4.2% to 52.2%. This demonstrates that there is a strong bond between Volibear and Skarner that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Volibear. That means you need to be very careful when finding Skarner comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by aligning Volibear and Skarner together, you may not be granting your other allies enough magic damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Skarner ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down 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 learn all of the intricacies of Volibear in order to pair well with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Volibear and Skarner synergy build include Spirit Visage, Heartsteel, and Riftmaker. When Volibear used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Skarner than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 52.2% helping carry Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Volibear players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.2% win rate overall.
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