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Skarner Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 14.21

Skarner The Primordial Sovereign

Find the best Skarner build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.21. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Skarner build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Skarner's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

Season 2 Guides
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

I MISS MY KIND - Jungle Tank Skarner.

Guide by riandrake updated February 16, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

How to build a Drapion *cough cough* I mean Skarner...yea...

Guide by Valkenhyn updated January 3, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Hybrid Solotop & Duo Lane Scorpion

Guide by Hashire updated December 24, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

SKARNER - Fill ALL the roles! (Tank, Initiator, Jungler)

Guide by Saavedro88 updated November 8, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner Jungling Guide

Guide by blastantir updated May 22, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner banning noobs since 1964

Guide by tr0l1face updated March 4, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner - You wont get away!

Guide by Satyr123 updated February 3, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner (jungle) Hope it's Good

Guide by Dylan Bob updated January 13, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner Crystallizing The Jungle [Castellano]

Guide by Mefidros updated September 18, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Climb the ladder, with Skarner

Guide by Rainism updated December 28, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner-The ranked legend [Solo Q Ranked]

Guide by holytoast updated January 3, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner, Doesn't like bugs[HYBRID,AP,AD builds]

Guide by Darmonic updated March 24, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner God Of Jungle+Tank

Guide by Sixselections updated December 2, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner Jungle Build

Guide by Lorensen updated August 11, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner - Aggresive Tank **Unholy grail patch***

Guide by vince131 updated June 6, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Giant Scorpion of the Jungle

Guide by Diceslice updated December 29, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Scorpian Wins - Fatality!

Guide by Originalien updated December 21, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner, crystal jungler

Guide by blackdwarf updated December 11, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner, The jungle terror from middle earth.

Guide by LethalThreat05 updated July 21, 2012
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

The new OP Skarner Guide (100% dominating)

Guide by muiem updated January 8, 2012
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Skarner Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Skarner we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Skarner, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Skarner this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 14.21. However, if you are a new Skarner player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Skarner!

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Patch 14.21: 48,138 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Skarner's Runes

Skarner's Best Runes 49%

Win Rate 92% Pickrate

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Second Best

Skarner's 2nd Best Runes 46%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Precision
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Third Best

Skarner's 3rd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

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Skarner's Summoner Spells

Skarner's Best Summoner Spells 49%

Win Rate 55% Pickrate

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Second Best

Skarner's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 48%

Win Rate 39% Pickrate

Flash Mosstomper Smite

Third Best

Skarner's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 52%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Flash Scorchclaw Smite

Skarner's Starters

Skarner's Best Starter Items 49%

Win Rate 44% Pickrate

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Second Best

Skarner's 2nd Best Starter Items 47%

Win Rate 31% Pickrate

Stealth Ward Health Potion

Third Best

Skarner's 3rd Best Starter Items 49%

Win Rate 11% Pickrate

Oracle Lens Health Potion

Skarner's Core Items

Skarner's Best Core Items 64%

Win Rate 18% Pickrate

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Patch 14.21: 48,138 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Skarner's Runes

Skarner's Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 42% Pickrate

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Skarner's 2nd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 39% Pickrate

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Sorcery
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Skarner's 3rd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 8% Pickrate

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Skarner's Summoner Spells

Skarner's Best Summoner Spells 49%

Win Rate 95% Pickrate

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Second Best

Skarner's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 3% Pickrate

Ghost Teleport

Third Best

Skarner's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 52%

Win Rate 1% Pickrate

Teleport Ignite

Skarner's Starters

Skarner's Best Starter Items 51%

Win Rate 78% Pickrate

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Skarner's Core Items

Skarner's Best Core Items 64%

Win Rate 6% Pickrate

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Skarner Counters

Learn Skarner's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Skarner guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!


This counter data is for Skarner JUNGLE in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Skarner. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

Skarner Skins

Skarner's Abilities

Skarner's Threads of Vibration
Threads of Vibration Skarner's Passive Skarner's Passive
Self
Skarner's Passive
Skarner's Passive
Skarner’s attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval and Impale apply Quaking for 4 seconds. At 3 stacks of Quaking, enemies take 5-9% of their maximum health as magic damage over its duration.
Q
Skarner's Shattered Earth
Shattered Earth Skarner's Q Ability
300
45
13 / 11.5 / 10 / 8.5 / 7
Skarner rips a boulder from the ground, empowering his next 3 attacks with 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% attack speed and dealing 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+0.8 per bonus attack damage) (+4% of his bonus health) physical damage to surrounding enemies. His final attack will deal an additional 10% of each target’s max health as additional bonus physical damage and slows affected foes by 40% for 1.25 seconds.

Recast: Skarner ends Shattered Earth and throws his boulder, dealing 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+0.8 per bonus attack damage) (+4% of his bonus health) (+10% of the target's maximum health) physical damage, and additionally slowing the first enemy hit and any other surrounding enemies by 40% for 1.25 seconds.
W
Skarner's Seismic Bastion
Seismic Bastion Skarner's W Ability
700
60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6
Skarner gains a shield equal to 8% of his maximum health for 2.5 seconds and triggers an earthquake that deals 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 (+80% of ability power) magic damage and slows nearby enemies by 20% for 1 second.
E
Skarner's Ixtal's Impact
Ixtal's Impact Skarner's E Ability
160
50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
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Skarner charges forward, steering toward the chosen direction and ignoring terrain. If he runs into a champion or large monster, Skarner drags them along for the rest of his charge.

Colliding into a wall with an enemy in tow deals 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+6% of his maximum health) physical damage to the enemy and stuns them for 1.5 seconds.

Skarner can Recast this ability to end his charge early. Successful wall collisions reduce this ability's cooldown by 35%.
R
Skarner's Impale
Impale Skarner's Ultimate (R) Ability
200
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120 / 105 / 90 / 90 / 90
Skarner's tails lash forward, dealing 150 / 250 / 350 (+100% of ability power) magic damage and suppressing the first 3 champions he hits for 1.5 seconds. Those hit are dragged along by Skarner for the duration of this ability.

If Skarner hits at least one champion he gains 40% movement speed for 1.5 seconds.

If Shattered Earth is active, Skarner will cast Upheaval first.

Questions About Skarner

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Worst Champion Ever?

I was always curious who people thought was the worst lol champion. Personally I thought Skarner, but I was curious what everyone else thought. I started to think that Azir was the worst, but Skarner is still the worst in my books.

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Is hybrid Skar a thing?

Is hybrid Skarner viable? I was thinking about: Hextech-Guinosso-Nashor-Liandry-Randuin/Spirit-Sorc Boots and maxing Q, then equal W+E.

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What is your opinion on the new skarner?

what do you guys think about the new skarner?

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Trundle or Skarner(junglee)

Who sould I buy Trundle or Skarner? Who is better, more fun to play, harder or easier... And if you think I sould buy some ohter champ(looking only for jungler sugestions) then please comment.

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Skarner and Thresh Lantern

If a Skarner and Thresh are on the same team, can Skarner use his ultimate on an enemy, and then click Thresh's lantern to move?

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Is Skarner still viable?

I've been wondering lately whether jungle skarner is viable or not, I think he is but I'm not sure whether thats just because the times I played him recently the enemy team was worse than me.

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Skarner's Q while Charged

Does Skarner's Q use both AP and AD when it's charged, or just AP?

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