Draven with Skarner
How to Synergize Draven and Skarner
based on 394 Draven with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Draven Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Draven vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Draven and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Draven with Skarner
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Understand How Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Draven Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Draven in LoL
The Draven Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Draven sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Skarner helps Draven perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Draven tries to synergize with Skarner, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Skarner supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played together with Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Skarner.
Additionally, when Draven plays with Skarner on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Skarner does a decent job of covering Draven in teamfights.
Synergies between Draven and Skarner
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Is Draven better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no one best companion for Draven that will always be his best ally. However, Skarner is a relatively poor companion for Draven. By being on the same side as Draven, he decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 48.2%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Draven and Skarner that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Skarner has a much lower diffuclty than Draven. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Skarner allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Draven and Skarner together, you will not be granting your other allies very much magical damage output. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Draven in order to pair well with Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to build first in your Draven and Skarner synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Draven combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Skarner than with many other typical builds. In fact, Draven had an average win rate of 48.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Draven players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
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