Thresh vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Thresh
based on 490 Thresh vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Skarner Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Thresh Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Skarner
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Thresh versus Skarner counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Skarner
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Who is Better, Thresh or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when taking on Skarner, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes an ok counter for Skarner.
While Thresh does have a higher win rate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Skarneras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh also has a great 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 Thresh vs Skarner matchups, Skarner 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 team fights.
Thresh is a decent counter for Skarner. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Thresh
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Thresh versus Skarner build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Skarner than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Skarner as Thresh, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Thresh vs Skarner LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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