Lee Sin vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Lee Sin
based on 369 Lee Sin vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Skarner
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown here feature several valuable Lee Sin against Skarner matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Lee Sin often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Skarner
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually fairs equally well when taking on Skarner, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate than Skarner, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Skarner.
Moreover, Lee Sin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter for Skarner. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order 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 tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Skarner. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Lee Sin versus Skarner build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Skarner than with many other typical builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 49.3% battling Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Skarner as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Lee Sin vs Skarner LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.
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