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Skarner

FighterTank
Skarner is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Crystal Spires abilityp
Crystal Slash abilityq
Crystalline Exoskeleton abilityw
Fracture abilitye
Impale abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
jungle

Skarner Build

based on 16,680 matches
Win Rate
51.4 %
Pick Rate
1.1 %
Ban Rate
0.1 %

How We Come Up with Our Skarner Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Skarner build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Skarner builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Skarner core items and runes for any situation.

Skarner Build Summary

Skarner is a a solid jungle champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Sorcery Inspiration. Incorporating the specific runes shown below in your Skarner build will help provide you with the additional bonuses to help him play well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. Skarner players should focus on building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Skarner

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
SheenIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Skarner Items

~22 Mins
Iceborn GauntletSunfire AegisDead Man's PlateIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Gargoyle StoneplateSterak's GageWit's EndMuramana

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Skarner to level upq
>
Second ability for Skarner to level upw
>
Last skill for Skarner to max oute

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakTranscendenceWaterwalking
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Skarner's passive ability p
Skarner's q ability q
Skarner's w ability w
Skarner's e ability e
Skarner's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Skarner Matchups Overview

Skarner is Weak Against

EliseElise44.7% winrateAmumuAmumu45.8% winrateLilliaLillia47% winrateWukongWukong47.2% winrate

Skarner is Strong Against

NidaleeNidalee57.6% winrateShyvanaShyvana56.9% winratePoppyPoppy56.8% winrateRengarRengar56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Olaftop+ 56.5% 184 GamesLissandramiddle+ 59.6% 213 GamesShacosupport+ 60.1% 188 GamesZiggsbottom+ 64.9% 151 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Skarner Players

Tips and Tricks

All of Skarner's abilities make him a potent ganker, make sure to combo all your skills to take down enemy carries early.

Initiate ganks with Fracture to slow down your target and mark them with Crystal Venom.

Follow up Fracture with an auto attack to stun your target and then hit them with Crystal Slash.

Additional Skarner Build Insights

League of Legends Skarner players will likely find him to be a complex champion to build out properly. You will find that his build varies when he is playing against either generic or specialized team compositions, indicating you should not choose the same Skarner build every game of League of Legends

The most critical items to use in your champion's build are: Iceborn Gauntlet, Sunfire Aegis, and Dead Man's Plate. Players who added these pieces in their gear had a much higher winrate than players who went for other item builds for Skarner. Similarly, if you are facing a well-mixed enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting him the Sorcery, and Inspiration runes. In recent games, he won the greatest number of his games when using these runes.

We set our Skarner build recommendations by analyzing 16,680 recently ranked League games with him selected. We only recommend the top winrate Skarner builds that were used by ranked League players enough times for us to propose them. With so many matches in our data, we are very confident in our recommended builds.