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Triumph

Legend: Alacrity

Last Stand

Sorcery

Waterwalking

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Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

Starter Items

First back

Core

Other Items

Situational Items

Against AD

Against AP

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Ability Order

Warwick Passive Ability

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Morgana

Extreme

Morgana makes it very hard to play bot lane alone. It also makes it very hard to gank said lane. Additionally she directly counters both Skarner and Warwicks ultimates. One of the best choices when it comes to bans.

Veigar

Ideal

Veigar is best played alone in the bot lane. With his cage, he can set up super easy ganks, and he scales pretty well.

Synergies

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Veigar

Ideal

Veigar is best played alone in the bot lane. With his cage, he can set up super easy ganks, and he scales pretty well.

Champion Build Guide

Introduction

Pro's and Con's

The Junglers

Bot Lane

Summoner spells

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First clear

Early Game

Mid-game

Lategame

Double Jungle is a strategy that is very rarely used.

Double Jungling requires a full team that is willing to play it, and good communication between team members if possible.

In short, the idea behind double jungle is to starve the enemy jungler of xp and gold, until they are far behind, while getting top and mid ahead by ganking. Additionally, objectives are of great importance, with the dragon soul being an insanely strong buff.

Can be very effective when mastered

Can exert a lot of early-game pressure that can quickly snowball

Double smite means it will be very hard for the enemy to outsmite you

Is hard to master and requires good communication

Can fall behind massively if you mess up

Requires a full team to play

warwick is a good choice for double jungle, as he has good 1v1 potential and great ganks. He works very well with as they make a deadly cc-combo. When playing warwick, you should focus on ganking and letting your fellow jungler do the invading.

Skarner has a lot of cc and amazing 1v1 potential, able to deal with most champions on his own. His ganks are also great. Beyond that, his ultimate is among the best in the game. When playing skarner, focus on invading, as you can clear relatively fast and easily duel the enemy jungler should they show up.

Alternative Junglers

Volibear is a good alternate double jungler, having lots of and a ton of damage. His ult also makes towerdiving easy, which becomes extremely dangerous for the enemy when there's 2 junglers in their lane. Better early, worse late, but overall a good choice.

Darius can actually be a pretty good double jungler, as his clear is decent and he has the ability to duel most other junglers.

What Makes A Good Double Jungler?

A good double jungler should have at least some form of and be able to gank easily. Being a good duelist is also a good trait.
When looking for champions fit for double jungling, also see if they have abilities that let them move across the map faster, such as or .

But the most important thing is that you choose a champion you enjoy playing.

When playing double jungle, it is very important that your laners have champions that fit the strategy. This means scaling laners and laners with good gank-setup. While other lanes can have champions that are normally played there, it's a bit different with bot lane, as they need to play alone in a duo lane.
This means they have to be a high-range champion that can farm from distance, though there's also other qualities that can make them good for soloing bot lane.

Veigar is a really good candidate for the bot lane, as he scales pretty well with his stacks. The real reason, however, that veigar is such a good bot laner is his , which makes ganking incredibly easy. A good cage at the right time ensures a double kill most of the time.

Anivia works very well in bot lane, as her high range and her passive makes it easy for her to survive, even in a 2v1. You can even gank bot, as a well-placed wall or can make it hard for the enemies to leave lane.

is pretty good for bot lane, being able to help out his team from a distance with while staying healthy thanks to .

Flash is an incredibly good summoner spell, which can be used both offensively and defensively. Flash is almost always the best choice.

As a jungler you need smite, otherwise you can't buy your jungle item. Both junglers should have smite.

Upgraded Smite

Chilling smite makes it easier to gank and catch up to enemies.

Challenging smite makes duels much easier.

Skarner

Both and makes skarner a lot more tanky, but takes a bit of time to ramp up, and also depends on you dealing damage.

is the only rune worth it in this slot, if you're going . For , makes skarner deal bonus damage whenever he uses his .

Extra tenacity is always appriciated, but for those going the best choice will be to boost Skarners tankiness.

is by far the best rune for this slot for those going with . If you go you should go unless you don't think you need the tenacity, in which case you can go .

Secondary Tree

If you choose as your secondary tree, the best ones to take will be and to both save you some gold and boost your movement speed. is especially good for quickly catching up to players marked by .

The tree offers some good runes for skarner. is especially good for river skirmishes and objective control, while will boost all of your other speed boosts. gives a burst of movement speed when using summoner spells, which synergizes well with because of its low cooldown.

Shards

Attack speed, adaptive force and armor are the best shards to take on Skarner. If the enemy team has a lot of AP champions (3+), consider swapping out armor for magic resist.

Warwick

is a great rune for warwick, as it gives him and his team a damage boost on his target. may also be considered, especially if you plan on building .

is a great rune for warwick, granting extra gold when getting a takedown, as well as healing him.

Extra attack speed makes warwicks clear faster, and makes him deal more damage.

Last stand is by far the best rune for this slot, synergizing very well with warwicks passive, . Alternatively, you can go .

Secondary Tree

provides warwick with movement speed in the river - great for river skirmishes and objective control. will further boost warwicks speed from both his and other sources of movement speed.

By going instead of , you give up some in-combat movement speed for more vision.

Shards

Attack speed, adaptive force and armor are the best shards to take on warwick. If the enemy team has a lot of AP champions (3+) consider swapping out armor for magic resist.

As , maxing first means you will not only clear a bit faster, but you will be able to enter a lane to gank it much faster.
should be maxed last, as all it gains from leveling up is 5% damage reduction and 1 second off cooldown each level.
Start with one point in .

Maxing first on makes him deal more damage and enables him to stun people more often. You can, however, put 3 points in before maxing your other abilities, as this will help you clear your camps faster.

Skarner

First Back

is by far the best item to buy for your first back, massively increasing your damage output. If you have more gold, you can buy yourself a if you think you will need more damage later in the game. Any spare gold should go towards s.

Mythic Item

is a really good item on , as his is a spammable ability, causing Skarner to both deal a ton of damage while at the same time healing a lot, especially when attacking tanks.

Core Items

is an item that you should buy almost every game on skarner, as the grievous wounds and armor is really good. If the enemy has few champions that deal physical damage you can just sit on until lategame. will massively boost your clear speed and damage, while also providing a decent chunk of health.

Other Items

If you have bought a earlier in the game, you can upgrade it to get either for more damage, or for more tankiness.

Situational Items (AD)

If the enemy team have a lot of AD, is the boots of choice. If you need more armor, is a good choice, granting both armor and movespeed.

Situational Items (AP)

is a great item when you need magic resist and tenacity, while is the ultimate answer to a team with lots of AP.

Warwick

First Back

If you have enough gold for a , it would be a good purchase as it gives you a lot faster clear speed. Alternatively you can just buy a or a if you do not have enough gold, or simply wish to also buy . Any spare gold should go towards s.

Mythic Item

is a really good item on , granting him many useful stats. The spellblade effect will trigger on his , making it deal and heal a lot more damage.
If the enemy team has no tanks it may be a good idea to build instead.

Core Items

buying will make him clear camps a lot faster, while also providing a lot of health. and is warwicks main tank items. Which one you should buy first depends on the enemy team.

Other Items

is a good item to buy if you don't need anything specific. Otherwise is a good choice if you need more movement speed, or when against teams with lots of burst.

Situational Items (AD)

If the enemy team have a lot of AD, is the boots of choice. In case the enemy have only AD champions or the enemy ADC is fed consider buying .

Situational Items (AP)

As always, if you need magic resist or tenacity, is the best boots. If you need more magic resist you can buy or depending on how many AP champions the enemy team has.

When it comes to double jungle, the first clear is especially important, as it is the easiest way to set the enemy jungler behind in XP and gold.

Late Invade

Here skarner starts botside while warwick starts topside. By placing a ward (or looking at which laners leashed) we can determine that started botside. This means can go topside and clear the enemy jungle after taking his own blue buff. can then decide whether to gank top (possibly a double gank with ) or path towards one of the s.

Early Invade

If your team spots the enemy jungler at one side of the map, one of the junglers can invade the other side. Here is spotted botside, so takes his topside. Afterwards he can gank top or prepare for the spawn. He can also ambush when he comes topside, or simply retreat into his own jungle and help clear the last jungle quadrant.

After recalling it is important that you work together with your fellow jungler to ensure the enemy jungler has as little influence on the game as possible. This includes invading their jungle when their camps respawn, ganking lanes (possibly together) and taking objectives. Especially s are important, as taking 4 dragons will give you the dragon soul, which is an incredibly powerful buff. Likewise, the will help you give your laners a lead, especially when used before tower plates fall.

Invading

By invading the enemy jungle and taking their camps frequently, you can set their jungler behind. It is, of course, important to keep track of where their jungler is, by placing s and s in their jungle. You can also set up an ambush if you know where they are going.

Ganking

By ganking your lanes, you can get your laners ahead. You can even gank the same lane at the same time: a double gank. It should be noted, however, that ganking bot lane is much harder than top and mid, considering your bot laner may be too starved of gold and XP to be of any help.

Warding

By warding the enemy jungle, you will be able to track where the enemy jungler is. This allows for easier and safer invades as well as ganks, since you can invade if you see the enemy jungler on the opposite side of the map while camps is up or gank with no fear of a countergank.
At least one of the junglers should buy an and clear wards.

Objectives

Securing objectives is really important, as the rewards for slaying s and s are pretty big. With 2 junglers, a dragon can be taken quite fast. If you manage to get the first 2 dragons, it should be possible to get the dragon soul quite easily, especially if the enemy jungler is behind.

During the mid-game, your goal will be to extend the lead you hopefully created during the early-game. This means continuing to take the enemy junglers camps, while securing objectives and kills.

Helping Bot

If you have already gotten mid and top ahead of their opponents, you may consider ganking bot and helping them get back into the game, in case they fell behind during the early game. If the enemy bot laners are far ahead you may have to bring your top or mid laner with you.

Securing Drakes

One of the main ways to win with double jungle is to secure all of the jungle objectives in order to gain a lead.

If the enemy jungler is sufficiently behind, it may be extremely hard, or outright impossible for them to contest drakes.

One thing to remember is that if the enemy jungler tries to steal the drake, both and 's ultimates applies suppression, which prevents the enemy jungler from smiting.

Your laners are your carries

This means it's important to peel for them and set up kills. If you laners are fed consider skipping the damage items in favor of the tank items.

As you enter the late-game, it is time to end the game. Hopefully you will have claimed the dragon soul by now, and if not, should be close to doing so.

Baron and Elder Drake

Once the game has gone on for a long time, it becomes increasingly more important to secure the last two jungle objectives: and the . Each of them grants an insanely strong buff that will help you end the game.