Nami vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Nami
based on 352 Nami vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Skarner
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Nami in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some influential Nami against Skarner matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Skarner
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Who is Better, Nami or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when taking on Skarner, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Nami does have a lower winrate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Nami also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nami into Skarner.
Additionally, Nami also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nami against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nami
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami most often gets less CS as Skarner. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Nami versus Skarner build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Skarner than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 49.7% battling Skarner with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Skarner as Nami, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Nami vs Skarner clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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