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Skarner Build Guide by

Jungle Skarner Guide Patch 13.20

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Runes: Runes

Precision

Conqueror

Triumph

Legend: Tenacity

Last Stand

Inspiration

Magical Footwear

Cosmic Insight

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

Flash

Mosstomper Smite

Items

Starting Items

Core Items

Full Build

Carry Build

Situational Items

Ability Order Ability Order

Skarner Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Olaf

Extreme

Zilean

Ideal

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Zilean

Ideal

Champion Build Guide

Skarner Abilities

PASSIVE

Crystal Spires

✦ 's presence causes crystals to spawn in set locations around the map. Crystals can be captured by either team by standing on top of them. Capturing a crystal prevents them from being captured by the opposing team for 15 seconds.

While within range of a , gains 70-120 Movement Speed and 43-160% Attack Speed, while restoring 2% of his maximum Mana every second. Spire radius is 1600.

Crystal Slash

✦Passive: Attacks against champions reduce this ability's cooldown by 1 second. Attacks against minions reduce it by 0.25 seconds.

Active: slashes wildly, dealing (+0.2 of attack damage) plus 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3% max health as physical damage to nearby enemies. If at least one enemy was hit, becomes charged for 5 seconds. While charged, this ability deals an additional (+0.2 of attack damage) (+30% of ability power) plus 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3% max health as magic damage.

Crystalline Exoskeleton

✦ gains (+80% of ability power) 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% max health shield for 6 seconds. While active, gains 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% movement speed, increasing with 100% effectiveness over 3 seconds.

✦Passive: Consuming this ability's mark or using reduces this abilty's cooldown by the duration of the crowd control.

Active: blasts crystalline energy, dealing 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+20% of ability power) magic damage, slowing by 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% for 2.5 seconds and marking for 5 seconds. 's next attack against a marked enemy consumes it to deal an additional 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 physical damage and stuns for 1.25 seconds.

Impale

✦ impales an enemy champion, suppressing them for 1.75 seconds, dealing 60% attack damage as physical damage and 20 / 60 / 100 (+50% of ability power) magic damage at the beginning and end of the duration. While suppressing, can move and will drag his helpless victim around with him.

Pros and Cons

PROS

+ Multiple build choice with different playstyle.
+ Fun and Unique gameplay.
+ Clear win condition.
+ tax.
+ Can peel for your carries.

CONS

- Weak Duelist.
- Depends on teammates if playing tank build.
- Everyone have in late game, so is less impactful.
- Stuggles to take first/second drake alone.

Summoner Spells

SUMMONER SPELLS
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FLASH: needs because it makes him to additionally scarry when is up, which is your win condition in late game, to catch someone of position with +.

SMITE: You are the jungler, so obviously you should take . As for upgrade, I prefer , it gives you additional tenacity and shield is always nice. But after changes that are currently on PBE, I will probably move towards

Runes

Conqueror is keystone I prefer, I have seen some s run , but I think that it's more cheesy, but still definitely available option if you are more comfortable playing that playstyle. is considered a good rune on due to it's synergy with his sustained fighting style and ability to stack it quickly, providing bonus true damage and healing in prolonged engagements. This rune allows to excel in extended fights and deal with tankier opponents effectively, making it a versatile choice for the champion in many situations.

Triumph provides with valuable survivability and gold income through takedowns, helping him sustain in fights and scale better into the mid and late game.

Legend: Tenacity enhances s crowd control resistance, allowing him to stay in the frontlines longer, disrupt enemy teams effectively, and maintain map control in the jungle.

Last Stand boosts s damage output when he's at lower health, synergizing with his tendency to engage in extended fights, making him more threatening as he becomes more vulnerable.

provides cost savings on boots and allows to allocate resources into more essential early-game items, improving his overall scaling and effectiveness as a jungler.

Cosmic Insight grants reduced summoner spell cooldowns and item active cooldowns, enhancing his utility and ability to initiate and control teamfights more frequently. Especially it's good for your cooldown, that will allow you to be deadly more often in late game.

Jungle Pathing

BLUE SIDE

When starting on the blue side as , begin by securing your with a bot lane leash, then move on to clear and using your and abilities efficiently, smiting the . Continue your path by clearing and , using on the and finish with .
Optionally, contest the Scuttle Crab if it's safe to do so, taking advantage of Skarner's dueling strength. This pathing maximizes your jungle farm while maintaining decent health for potential ganks or skirmishes, setting you up to control objectives and contribute to your team's success.

After doing a full clear, you should look for an optional gank on TOP/MID (You can look for a TOP/MID gank after clearing your part of the jungle, and skip if you have a free gank and do it afterwards, but if none is possible you should and buy if you have enough gold, or just .

RED SIDE

When starting on the red side as , begin by securing your with a bot lane leash, then move on to clear and using your and abilities efficiently, smiting the large or save it for . Continue your path by clearing , and then , using Smite on the .
Optionally, contest the if it's safe to do so, taking advantage of 's dueling strength.

After doing a full clear, you should look for an optional gank on TOP/MID (You can look for a TOP/MID gank after clearing your part of the jungle, and skip if you have a free gank and do it afterwards, but if none is possible you should and buy if you have enough gold, or just .

Mythic Item Choice

is a strong mythic item choice for due to its bonus armor which is especially good for playing vs heavy physical damage enemies, proc synergy with his ability rotation, especially being on really low cooldown, and the slowing field it creates, enhancing his durability, damage output, and crowd control potential, respectively.

This item is really good on too, it's better if you are facing mixed damage enemies and if you feel like you will be only frontline for your team.

If you want to play carry this is mythic you defenetly should go for.
is an excellent mythic item choice for because it offers a well-rounded mix of attack damage, attack speed, health, and bonus movement speed, synergizing perfectly with his kit and enhancing his dueling, damage output, and overall effectiveness in fights. You get your which you will proc off cooldown with your .

Legendary Item Choice TANK

provides bonus health, armor, and AoE damage in fights, bolstering his tankiness and adding consistent damage to his close-quarters combat style. It's especially good if you are playing against mostly meele enemy champions that will allow you to stick on them and deal it's passive damage during whole fight.

provide magic resist and crowd control reduction, helping him resist crowd control effects and stay more mobile during engages, which is crucial for his role as a frontline disruptor and initiator. Especially good vs heavy cc enemies, if you play vs no crowd control enemy comps you should go for .

mobility and a burst of movement speed when fully charged, enhancing his tankiness with it's hp and armor, engage potential, and survivability in skirmishes and teamfights. Everyone is scared when they see blue scorpion runing towards them with red trail behind it.

can be an excellent choice for due to its bonus movement speed, significant magic resist, and health regeneration, making him more resilient against magic damage and increasing his mobility, allowing him to engage, disrupt, and sustain in teamfights more effectively.

Really good last item for almost every tank in the game. Sometimes you can build it even earlier if enemy team doesn't have bruisers and you only need to soak one big source of damage like s s . Also is really good vs mixed damage team compositions as it provides both magic resist and armor.