Jarvan IV vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Jarvan IV
based on 164 Jarvan IV vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Skarner
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Advice to Win Against Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Jarvan IV vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Jarvan IV versus Skarner matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Skarner
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Skarner?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes a good counter for Skarner.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher winrate than Skarner, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Skarner.
Additionally, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Skarner matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter to Skarner. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Skarner. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Skarner build include Kaenic Rookern, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 51.2% battling Skarner with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Skarner as Jarvan IV, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Jarvan IV vs Skarner fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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