# Skarner Counters
Who counters Skarner? Best and worst picks against Skarner by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Skarner in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank.
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[Play against Skarner](https://baronbuff.com/champions/skarner/how-to-play-against/)
[Skarner counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/skarner/counters/)

Best and worst picks against Skarner in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Warwick, Ekko and Maokai beat Skarner most often.

## Best picks against Skarner

Highest win rate versus Skarner in Jungle.

- 1 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 112 games 58.9%

- 2 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 117 games 57.3%

- 3 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 142 games 55.6%

- 4 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 134 games 55.2%

- 5 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 131 games 55.0%

- 6 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 193 games 54.9%

- 7 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 205 games 54.6%

- 8 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 228 games 54.4%

- 9 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 136 games 52.2%

- 10 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 118 games 51.7%

## Worst picks against Skarner

Lowest win rate versus Skarner in Jungle.

- 1 [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) 279 games 48.0%

## Best lane counters vs Skarner

Largest gold lead over Skarner at 15 minutes in Jungle.

- 1 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 100 games +683

## How to play against Skarner

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

### In lane and in teamfights

- Track his early pathing before shoving, because his level-three gank can punish overextended lanes.

- Hold crowd control until he gets close so E cannot carry him through the lane for free.

- Ward wall and river angles before objectives; his E is strongest when he starts from fog.

- Disengage when he has a clean path to your carry, then punish after E stops.

- Keep carries away from terrain so his E cannot pin and drag them into his team.

## Where Skarner is weak

Exploit these in draft and in lane.

- Skarner needs a clean approach and terrain threat, so open-space fights reduce his pick reliability.

- Skarner commits his body to start fights, leaving him punishable if the dragged target survives.

## Skarner counters: questions

### Who counters Skarner in Jungle?

At Gold+, Warwick (58.9%), Ekko (57.3%) and Maokai (55.6%) have the highest win rates against Skarner.

### Who does Skarner counter?

Skarner wins most often against Olaf (48.0%).

### Who wins lane against Skarner?

By gold lead at 15 minutes, Viego (+683) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Skarner.

### How is the counter list ranked?

Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength.

- [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/)

- [Viego counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/counters/)
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