Rumble vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Rumble
based on 224 Rumble vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rumble vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Rumble vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Rumble
Tips for Playing as Rumble against Skarner
Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.
If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.
Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.
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.
Rumble vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Rumble in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Rumble versus Skarner counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Rumble’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rumble may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Rumble normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rumble and Skarner
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Who is Better, Rumble or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rumble usually fairs equally well when playing against Skarner, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Rumble makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Rumble does have a higher win rate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Rumble also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rumble into Skarneras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Rumble also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rumble vs Skarner matchups, Rumble is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Rumble is a decent counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rumble against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rumble 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rumble typically gets much more CS compared to Skarner. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Rumble versus Skarner build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Skarner than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Rumble boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when countering Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Skarner as Rumble, Rumble players should equip the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Rumble vs Skarner counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Skarner as Rumble are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.