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How to Synergize Skarner with Janna on the Same TeamSkarner is in the b tier of champions

Skarner with Janna

How to Win With Skarner and Janna Paired TogetherSkarner is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Skarner and Janna

based on 316 Skarner with Janna pairs
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Skarner has fought alongside Janna in 316 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are sure that we can give you robust, insightful builds to help Skarner synergize with Janna. It is relatively rare for Skarner to play alongside Janna on the same team. This has only taken place in about 2.5% of games with Skarner.

Skarner Janna Synergy Summary

Skarner does a decent job of playing alongside Janna. Typically, he wins an acceptable 51.6% of the time the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Skarner when fighting on the same team as Janna by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Skarner vs Janna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Black CleaverIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Skarner to level upq
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Second ability for Skarner to level upw
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Last skill for Skarner to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Skarner's passive ability p
Skarner's q ability q
Skarner's w ability w
Skarner's e ability e
Skarner's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Janna

Tips for Playing as Skarner with Janna

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 Janna Will Play

Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.

Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.

Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.

Skarner Janna Synergy Stats

Skarner Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Janna Image
4.3
< Kills >
4.2
5.6
< Deaths >
5.8
8.4
< Assists >
8.5
0.93
< Killing Sprees >
0.96
44
< Minions Killed >
39
1.5
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.39
8,935
< Physical Damage >
8,354
3,696
< Magic Damage >
3,310
708
< True Damage >
717
13,340
< Damage Dealt >
12,382
29,190
< Damage Taken >
29,460
10,863
< Gold Earned >
10,761
1.46
< Towers >
1.3
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
10,160
< Total Healing >
10,346
13,220
< Experience >
13,240
21
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
7
932
< Time Dealing CC >
844

How to Play with Janna as Skarner in LoL

The Skarner Janna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Janna, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Janna. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Janna helps Skarner perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Skarner is an ally to Janna, he gets a clear improvement in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Janna provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played together with Janna on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Janna. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Janna.

Moreover, when Skarner plays with Janna on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Janna does a decent job of covering Skarner in teamfights.

Synergies between Skarner and Janna

Damage Types Compared

Skarner
Janna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Skarner
Janna

Is Skarner better when played alongside Janna?

There is no top champion pairing for Skarner that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, Janna is a fantastic companion for Skarner. By being on the same side as Skarner, she increases their win rate by 3.3% to 51.6%. This proves that there is a strong synergy between Skarner and Janna that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Janna has a greater difficulty than Skarner. That means Skarner players need to be very careful when finding Janna allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing together, Skarner players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.

Although, by aligning Skarner and Janna together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Janna ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Skarner Players

How We Calculated Our Skarner Janna Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Skarner and Janna, we analyzed 316 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Skarner with Janna comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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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 Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to have in your Skarner and Janna synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Janna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Janna with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Janna with Skarner are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.