Skarner with Galio
How to Synergize Skarner and Galio
based on 299 Skarner with Galio pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Galio Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Galio
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Galio
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.
Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Skarner Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Skarner sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Galio helps Skarner perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Skarner tries to synergize with Galio, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Galio provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played with Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Galio.
Moreover, when Skarner plays with Galio on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Galio does a decent job of covering Skarner during teamfights.
Synergies between Skarner and Galio
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Galio?
There is no one best ally for Skarner that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, Galio is a superb companion for Skarner. By locking into the same side as Skarner, he improves their win rate by 3.2% to 51.5%. This shows that there is an important strategic relationship between Skarner and Galio that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Skarner. That means Skarner players don't need to be careful when arranging Galio teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by pairing Skarner and Galio together, you will not be providing your side a great deal of attack damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Galio teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to pair well with Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Skarner and Galio synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Galio than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Skarner had an average winrate of 51.5% helping carry Galio with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Skarner and Galio pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% win rate overall.
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