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Spells:

Ghost

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Ability Order

Skarner Passive Ability

Introduction

As Skarner I like to build ability power, because they ratio quite well with him. Better yet I find Skarner has little crowd control other than a crystal charged slash, for the slow. His ultimate sure, but the cooldown is so long.

So ladies and Gentlemen I present to you Cooldown Reduction Skarner.

Pros and Cons

Pros
An in my opinion, grossly overpowered shield that scales well with ability power.
Great healing ability with E
Amazing initiation with W and R combined
Decent slow/spam-able Q
Can be played as Tank, Ap, Jungle or Hybrid.
Cooldown with his ult means you can save team more often
Cooldown with his ult means you can initiate more often/get kills/assists

Cons
Early game shield can be destroyed very easy.
Early game has little cooldown, shield can't save you
Needs mana early that he doesn't have
If your team can't react to R then it's useless

Farming

As an off-tank who relies on ability power with cooldown reduction for a powerful shield you have to keep in mind you aren't a tank at all early game. With this in mind if you're laning with a squishy you want to protect them still, but farming early is essential for Skarner. Only because you are almost useless to your team until level 6, unless you plan on being a meat-shield.

So lasthit/farm til 6, then let your lane partner have at it.

Lane end early? No big deal, just jungle a bit and hit 6(assuming it's really early)
If you're above 6 just try to stay smart.