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Skarner vs Zyra

Skarner
vs
Not enough games
Zyra
Analyze a draft with Skarner
Heavy AP damageHeavy pokeHeavy CCHigh burst

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Zyra

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Recommended items for Skarner: Heartsteel, Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads, Jak'Sho, The Protean, Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, Overlord's Bloodmail.

Starting items

Mosstomper Seedling

Core build

Heartsteel
1
Unending Despair
2
Spirit Visage
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Jak'Sho, The Protean
5

Summoner spells

FlashSmite100%

Other options

Jak'Sho, The Protean
Thornmail
Randuin's Omen
Overlord's Bloodmail
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
Shield BashShield Bash
ConditioningConditioning
OvergrowthOvergrowth
InspirationInspiration
Magical FootwearMagical Footwear
Approach VelocityApproach Velocity
Ability HasteHealth ScalingHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Zyra's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Garden of Thorns (P)

Seeds spawn around Zyra periodically, becoming faster with level. Zyra can cast Deadly Spines or Grasping Roots near seeds to grow plants, who fight for Zyra.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
37s0s11s–
66s0s11s1m50
95s0s11s1m50
115s0s11s1m40
165s0s11s1m30
185s0s11s1m30

Playing as Skarner

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Rip out your boulder before the fight

    Cast Shattered Earth (Q) before the fight: your next 3 autos gain attack speed, and the last one slows and deals bonus damage based on the target's max health.

  2. Gank through walls

    Gank with Ixtal's Impact (E) through walls: you drag the first champion you hit to the end of the charge, and if they hit a wall, they're stunned.

  3. Seismic Bastion in melee range

    Cast Seismic Bastion (W) as you get into melee range: you gain a shield, and the earthquake damages and slows nearby enemies.

  4. Drag their carry into your team

    Cast Impale (R) on their carry and drag them toward your team: you suppress up to 3 champions hit and drag them with you.

Playing against Zyra

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge her roots

    Get out of the line of Grasping Roots (E): the roots pass through minions and root every enemy hit, then her plants hit the trapped target.

  2. Step on her seeds

    Step on her seeds to destroy them before she grows them: Rampant Growth (W) seeds reveal you for a moment, but leave her no plant.

  3. Kill her plants

    Take down the plants born from Garden of Thorns (passive), or back off until they die: they take fixed damage, like a ward, and don't live long.

  4. Get out of her thorns

    Get out of the Stranglethorns (R) zone as soon as it appears: the vines knock you into the air 2 seconds later, and her plants are empowered inside.

  5. Engage when her plants are far

    If you can engage, go for Zyra when her plants are far from her: the Thorn Spitter from Deadly Spines (Q) only fires at 575 range.

Other Skarner matchups

Patch 16.21.1