Hardest JG counter to Skarner. Your goal is to mess with her clear early so she doesnt outfarm you and make teamfights impossible. DO NOT GANK IF YOUR CAMPS ARE UP. If she makes the decision to farm and you fail a gank the game is over because you will never be able to catch up unless the enemy team makes huge mistakes.
Malzahar
Of all the champs in the game did you think that Malzahar is the hardest mid champ in the game for you to deal with? I did not think so at first either but it is borderline impossible if the Malzahar has a connection to the game. This champ is worth a ban. His Q cancels your E and after that if you are caught he can CC you from range. He is also incredibly difficult to gank because he doesn't need to be near the wave to kill it. Smiting during E can get rid off his spell shield and you can stun him. That's if you can get to him through his Q, R and teammates.
Aurelion Sol
At first you might feel awful playing against this champ but if you gank him early (which is extremely easy) and build swiftness boots hes actually a lot easier to deal with. At later stages in the game you need to look for flanks to kill him. It is your only chance at that point and if he has champs that can peel him or cancel your E it can be pretty hard.
Thresh
The second worst champion for you to play against. He saves who you engage on, can cancel your e, and overall counters your kit. Pretty good ban if Thresh is popular in your elo.
Ahri
OP CHAMP RIGHT NOW!
She also has three dashes and can easily charm you when you try to engage. Be patient and pray your team can burn her cds, or just go for other targets.
Vayne
The single worst champion for you to play against. He saves who you engage on, can cancel your e, and overall counters your kit. Pretty good ban if Thresh is popular in your elo.
Anivia
Just like Nunu gets ruined by Anivia so does Skarner. You cant ever touch her or her teammates if played correctly.
Olaf
With Phase its possible to kite this champ but that doesn't change the fact that he just ignores cc and forks tanks and Skarner is one of those.
Brand
Hard to engage on him and he clears the Jungle really fast. Try to counter gank him and keep up farm against him.
Mel
Shes immobile but shes just a really strong champ right now who can cancel your E with her own. Be aware she can block your Q with her W.
Aurora
Really hard to catch but if you save E and can find flanks you can kill her. She also cant kill you easily.
Viego
Hard to kill him and avoid his first reset. Easiest if you engage the fights onto him but sometimes thats difficult based on team comps.
Amumu
Your a better tank than him and you can out duel him but teamfights are difficult. The actual best way to play is to engage into him. If you can keep him from getting to your team you should live longer than he can. Full clear and use your better skirmishing. This makes this matchup easy the winrate is a lie.
Bel'Veth
I actually like this matchup even though the winrate on stats website would say otherwise. Make sure you farm early and dont int for grubs. If you are on even items you are winning against her. Also SAVE YOUR E and use it at melee range. Most Skarners will lose this match up because she will cancel your E with W and then youll be caught out. But she can never go in on your teamates if you have E since you can combo her from 100-0.
Briar
Diana
Diana you would think would be an easy matchup but unfortunately its not. She can easily avoid you in teamfights and has a really fast clear. Do your best to peel her and do your best not to fall behind early.
Ekko
Really hard to kill him and its easy for him to make you waster your abilities. Try to kill his teamates first and Only R if hes CC d and you are able to kill him before the CC ends.
Elise
Extremely hard champ for Skarner to kill and she can easily stop you from being able to engage.
Evelynn
Even old Skarner countered Evelynn. Shes an assassin. Find her Impale her.
Fiddlesticks
You need to find him and not allow him to ult. If hes using his abilities on you and hes not ulting youre winning.
Hes really easy to kill early if you can get onto him without using E.
Gragas
If hes in the top lane Ignore him. If hes in JG out farm him and teamfight better. His R can help you a lot and you can cancel his E with your own.
Graves
Dont fall behind on farming and focus on counterganking. If he gets to late game he can shred you so try to close it out in the mid game, and abuse heartsteel powerspike.
Gwen
Not a popular jg pick but she shreds you with her passive and true damage. Top lane you need to kill her before she can gain a lead.
Hecarim
This matchup is easy unless he snowballs off of killing your lanes. Full clear and focus on jungle tracking. In skirmishes its really easy to cc him but also be aware of his q stacks.
Ivern
Hes hard to deal with if you dont set him behind early. Strategize around disrupting his first clear and snowballing from there.
Karthus
Kayn
Kha'Zix
Kindred
Lee Sin
Maokai
Mordekaiser
Nidalee
Nocturne
Nunu & Willump
Thresh
Your greatest enemy is your biggest ally.
Alistar
Welcome to the bounce house. CC/Engage is really good with Skarner
Singed
Having a champ that has good gank setup and magic damage is really nice. Flip into Skarner E is never fun for the enemy.
Twisted Fate
Skarner synergizes so well with stun card. You start your E he stuns them they get ccd and die. Rinse repeat LP.
Lulu
So good for supporting your engages. Her ult also makes you GIGANTIC and will often knock up multiple enemies later into the game.
Braum
Two big CC boys some of the best front liners in the game. Insane teamfighting and early game skirmishing.
Jhin
Really easy for Jhin to hit his W off of your CC and you set up his 4th shot with your q Damage ussually goign off right before the 4th auto comes in. You can also E targets out of the way if they are blocking his ult shots.
Camille
Its just so easy to gank for camille and after 6 its impossbile to avoid.
Synergies
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Thresh
Your greatest enemy is your biggest ally.
Alistar
Welcome to the bounce house. CC/Engage is really good with Skarner
Singed
Having a champ that has good gank setup and magic damage is really nice. Flip into Skarner E is never fun for the enemy.
Twisted Fate
Skarner synergizes so well with stun card. You start your E he stuns them they get ccd and die. Rinse repeat LP.
Lulu
So good for supporting your engages. Her ult also makes you GIGANTIC and will often knock up multiple enemies later into the game.
Braum
Two big CC boys some of the best front liners in the game. Insane teamfighting and early game skirmishing.
Jhin
Really easy for Jhin to hit his W off of your CC and you set up his 4th shot with your q Damage ussually goign off right before the 4th auto comes in. You can also E targets out of the way if they are blocking his ult shots.
Camille
Its just so easy to gank for camille and after 6 its impossbile to avoid.
Most people don't know but if your passive is damaging a large monster it will continue to proc your Jungle item. The pet will keep attacking is passive is doing damage.
Only autos,Q and R apply and refresh his passive.
Skarner Q tips
Q will go on cooldown as soon as you pick up the rock. It is benificial to try to pick up the rock as early as you are able to while still using the ablity to damage enemy champions/monsters so that you can get the next Q faster.
Autoing Champs, minions, and monsters allow you to refresh the Q duration. Even if your auto gets canceled it refreshes the holding duration!
Throwing Qupheaval to refresh passive and let the pet and passive kill the jg camp while you are walking away is a big time saver.
Learn Q range. upheaval
If you hit something with Q the aoe is pretty big so you can "extend" the range by hitting something EX minions.
Skarner W tips
W will proc approach velocity! Use this to catch up to opponents. Use this to agro camps over walls and pull them to you.
Skarner E tips
HOLD E AS LONG AS YOU CAN ON GANKS! instead of Eing in try to walk up to them by using W or smite and approach velocity to get on top of them. You can then cast E at melee range to make it unflashable OR use e to catch them after they flash.
E can be canceled by CC, but if you are using E you can catch others while they are in Dash animations.
For example If Skarner E's and Zac E's at eachother, Skarner can catch Zac out of the air cancelling his ability. If you cast E while Lee sin if flying at you with Q you will catch him almost always. He can also cancel Yone E retract with this ability. There are so many beneficial interactions here that youll learn over time. But he can cancel every dash in the game if hes possitioned right.
When you use E on a target and stun them into the wall make sure you auto first before using other abilities, otherwise it will feel really clunky and youll cancel animations.
Skarner R tips
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIP FOR FIGHTING
When you ult someone with R pull targets into walls and they will tp close to you. Youll be on top of them and you can cast e immediately after to extend the cc chain.
If you R while holding Q it will throw the Q before casting R.
R makes you unstoppable so you can cancel things like Morde ult and other forms of CC.
Rcan easily pull over walls now!
R > E is a better combo for locking down one target for an extended period of time than E > R.
Combos for cc
Q throw into R into E.
E into R.
Flash E into R.
The REAL most important Tip
Use Cosmic Skarner with the purple chroma to pay respects to those that came before us.
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