Jhin vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Jhin
based on 1,425 Jhin vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Skarner
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Jhin versus Skarner counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Jhin usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Skarner. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Skarner
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Who is Better, Jhin or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jhin usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Jhin makes a good counter to Skarner.
While Jhin does have a higher winrate than Skarner, when facing one another, Jhin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Jhin into Skarner.
Moreover, Jhin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Skarner matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Jhin is a decent counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jhin against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jhin to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin most often accumulates much more CS relative to Skarner. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Jhin versus Skarner build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Jhin used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Skarner than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Jhin boasted an average winrate of 51.7% battling Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Skarner as Jhin, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Jhin vs Skarner fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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