What is the difference between a skirmisher(duelist) and a Juggernaut(duelist)?

MihneatheMaster·10/11/2017, 12:18:27 AM·2 votes·1,071 views

Hey, I would like some help from you guys to understand better these subclasses. As you see I have trouble differenciating them apart from their tankiness:

-Skirmishers are champions that lack safe tools to get on the champion but once they get on one they stick to them and deal extreme sustained damage. They also have windowed defenses and mobility.

-Juggernauts are champions that are tanky and deal extreme sustained damage, they lack safe tools to get on top of a champion (just like the skirmishers) but are tankier.

Now can someone explain to me how Skirmishers like Jax Jax are so different from a Shyvana Shyvanna, Skarner Skarner, Olaf Olaf or Udyr Udyr (Juggernauts)

I mean shouldn't these last 4 be classified as skirmishers since they have mobility to stick to opponents like Skirmishers: Shyvanna and Udyr (speed boosts)and Olaf and Skarner(speed boosts and slows).

They also have windowed defenses: Shyvanna Dragon form, Olaf W and R, Udyr W and Skarner W.

They are also excellent duelists like Skirmishers.

Thanks for reading this, hopefully someone can explain to me the differences between these Juggernauts and Skirmishers. :)

8 Comments

Variks the Loyal10/11/2017, 12:58:01 AM7 votes

So, there's a difference between mobility and speed.

Udyr, Skarner, and Olaf have a lot of speed, but not a lot of mobility. Compared to a Skirmisher like Fiora and Ekko, they don't have a lot of dashes or blinks; ways to get around the battlefield in an instant. Skarner can run down a lane really fast, but you see him coming. Even though he's fast, it's telegraphed and can be interrupted, compared to Jax who jumps a large distance in an instant.

Skarner, Udyr, and Olaf can be CC'd while running at you (Except Olaf while he ults, but ults are allowed to break convention), but a CC won't stop Ekko while he's dashing mid-ult.

KoKoboto10/11/2017, 12:32:26 AM2 votes

Skirmishers are more mobility but more squishy Juggernauts are less mobility but more tanky

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