Elise vs Skarner JUNGLE Matchup Guide

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Overview

Use Elise's very high early game pressure to punish Skarner before his tank scaling kicks in.
Prioritize early river control and vision to track Skarner's pathing and avoid his terrain ganks.
Focus on invading and counter-invading to deny Skarner farm and objective setups.

Use three-camp pathing to reach lanes with snowball potential and apply lethal gank pressure before Skarner's power spikes.
Contest river control aggressively when lanes have priority to deny Skarner's terrain advantage.
Track Skarner's first jungle path to counter-gank early pressure and invade before his first reset.

Beware Skarner's early invades around terrain chokepoints where stun and suppression are strong.
Avoid isolated river fights where Skarner can pin and suppress you with crowd control.
Be cautious during forced smite fights at dragon or Herald if Skarner has lane priority and terrain advantage.

Start with a three-camp clear into an early gank or invade to maximize pressure before Skarner stabilizes.
Fight for first Scuttle only when your nearby lanes have priority to secure river vision.
Avoid full clears into Skarner unless lanes can collapse quickly to punish him.

Exploit Elise's level 3 power spike with cocoon and rappel for lethal early ganks.
Respect Skarner's suppression and wall pin by avoiding isolated fights near walls.
Punish Skarner's medium dueling strength before he builds tankiness with burst and form swapping.

Convert early ganks and successful invades into dragon and Rift Herald control using superior early pressure.
Use vision and river control to deny Skarner safe objective setups and force unfavorable fights.
Snowball lanes through early dives and counter-jungling to keep Skarner behind and prevent his late-game scaling.

Tactical tip

For Elise vs Skarner, read overview, trading pattern, and danger windows first for a fast Jungle lane check.