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How to Synergize Xayah with Skarner on the Same TeamXayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah with Skarner

How to Win With Xayah and Skarner Paired TogetherXayah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Xayah and Skarner

based on 200 Xayah with Skarner pairs
Win Rate
44 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Xayah has fought alongside Skarner in 200 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data directly from the makers of League, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Xayah synergize with Skarner. It is very rare for Xayah to play alongside Skarner on the same team. This has only occurred in approx. 0.3% of matches with Xayah.

Xayah Skarner Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Xayah has done a pathetic job of playing alongside Skarner. Usually, she wins a lowly 44.0% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Xayah when playing with Skarner by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Xayah vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
>
Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
11
R
12
W
13
W
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Xayah and Skarner

Tips for Playing as Xayah with Skarner

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

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.

Xayah Skarner Synergy Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
44 %
VS
Win Rate
56 %
Skarner Image
6.4
< Kills >
6.4
6.1
< Deaths >
6.1
6.2
< Assists >
6.6
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
174
< Minions Killed >
181
0.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.5
18,897
< Physical Damage >
19,629
377
< Magic Damage >
381
345
< True Damage >
383
19,619
< Damage Dealt >
20,394
19,895
< Damage Taken >
20,546
11,611
< Gold Earned >
11,987
2.22
< Towers >
2.33
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
4,565
< Total Healing >
4,812
12,157
< Experience >
12,760
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
51
< Time Dealing CC >
55

How to Play with Skarner as Xayah in LoL

The Xayah Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Xayah sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Xayah perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Xayah is an ally to Skarner, she sees a small decrease in her complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Skarner does not support by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xayah is played alongside Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Skarner.

Additionally, when Xayah plays with Skarner on the same side, she often receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Xayah in team fights.

Synergies between Xayah and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Xayah
Skarner

Is Xayah better when played alongside Skarner?

There is no top synergy for Xayah that will 100% of the time be her top ally. Yet, overall, Skarner is a very bad teammate for Xayah. By playing on the same team as Xayah, he lowers their win rate by -3.7% to 44.0%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Xayah and Skarner that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Skarner has a lower difficulty than Xayah. That means Xayah players don't need to be careful when arranging Skarner teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.

Working together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Xayah and Skarner together, you will not be granting your side much magical damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their abilities.

Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah Skarner Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Xayah and Skarner, we analyzed 200 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 Xayah with Skarner 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to work well with Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to build first in your Xayah and Skarner synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Skarner than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 44.0% helping carry Skarner with this build.

To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xayah and Skarner pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Skarner with Xayah are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.