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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 9,482 matches
Win Rate
51.2 %
Pick Rate
0.9 %
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 selected runes shown below in your Skarner build will give you 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 GauntletDead Man's PlateForce of NatureIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Sterak's GageTitanic HydraGargoyle StoneplateSpirit Visage

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 CloakCelerityWaterwalking
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
12
W
13
W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Skarner Matchups Overview

Skarner is Weak Against

IvernIvern41.9% winrateRammusRammus45.5% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.7% winrateGravesGraves46.9% winrate

Skarner is Strong Against

NidaleeNidalee61.7% winrateRengarRengar58.8% winrateViegoViego56.5% winratePoppyPoppy55.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Miss Fortunebottom+ 55.5% 903 GamesZileansupport+ 60.2% 113 GamesAniviamiddle+ 60.4% 111 GamesKledtop+ 63.9% 97 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

LoL Skarner players could find him to be a complex character to build out properly. You'll notice that his build is modified when he is up against either well-rounded or specialized team compositions, indicating you shouldn't select the same Skarner build every round of League of Legends

The most critical items to use in your champ's build include: Iceborn Gauntlet, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. Those who included these pieces in their kits had a better win rate than those who went for other item builds for Skarner. Likewise, if you are playing a well-mixed enemy team comp, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Sorcery, and Inspiration runes. In recent matches, he won the largest percentage of his rounds when using these runes.

We came up with our Skarner build recommendations by analyzing 9,482 recently ranked League of Legends rounds with him selected. We only propose the highest winrate Skarner builds that have been built by ranked gamers enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many matches in our data, we are very confident in our recommended builds.