Skarner... (It's kind of long)

[quote=animorte][[Skarner]] is questionably my best champion. I have friends that always want me to either jungle with him or support with [[Taric]]. I like to look at the top guides of my favourite champions and try to make myself better as far as playstyle and possible other item/mastery/rune set-ups. I just am not impressed by any of them. Since I don't want to be considered a troll, flaming on everybody's Skarner guides, I just decided to put my thoughts here. The main thing that I notice is that almost every Skarner guide is primarily reliant on Gp10 items. They are good for people still learning a champion or for those that get little to no farm. Skarner is absolutely amazing at farming, so he doesn't have that problem. [[Philosopher's Stone]] is great early game for your sustain, but I never find him having mana/health problems anyway. As far as building for [[Shurelya's Reverie]] goes, he already has a reliable speed boost and I think the active isn't worth the money you could spend better elsewhere. [[Heart of Gold]] is almost completely useless in my eyes. Yes, you get health, but you are using the worse of the two items that build into [[Randuin's Omen]]. [[Warden's Mail]] is absolutely the best armor item in the game for its price. If you want survivability that bad, save a little bit longer for that. You also get a great passive with it. I personally choose [[Frozen Heart]] over RO every time anyway because it has mana, more armor, amazing CDR, and still a really good passive. [[Banshee's Veil]] is also something that doesn't entirely appeal to me. Yes, catalyst gives you sustain throughout mid-game, but he isn't really a squishy champion that needs the shield. Unless you are being directly focused or your enemies all have hard CC, you get much more sustain and defense from [[Force of Nature]] in the long run. I have always found that rushing [[Sheen]] on him (mostly after [[Mercury's Treads]], even in the jungle, is much more rewarding than grabbing an item or two for a little more sustain and passive playstyle. He has the highest base damage in the game. Sheen lets him do massive amounts of damage, so he actually poses a threat early game. After that, I can always focus on defense without having been punished for it. I have tried/compared all of this. I just can't find reasoning in so many people trying to justify holding off his effectiveness until later. Thank you for reading.[/quote]

[quote=animorte]Just noting, I do understand people using [[Skarner]] as a more support type role with [[Randuin's Omen]] and [[Shurelya's Reverie]] actives, which is still less effective.[/quote]

[quote=Luther3000]You need gp10 if you're jungling, especially on a tankier jungler. You jus' do. :P There's no reason not to anyway since Omen and Reverie are great tank items and Reverie works very well with Skarner ult too.[/quote]

[quote=iownedya]They get that stuff for his ult. Grab him, Shurelya's back. When it stops, Randuin's. OP. Can't escape the clutches of SKAR SKAR SKARNER.[/quote]

[quote=animorte]Haha. Yeah, I'm aware of that. That's why I noted that as more of a support type playstyle. I just guess I prefer dealing a lot of damage as more of an Offtank Dps while still being nearly invincible at times. It's just that Sheen brings out a ton of early damage and I farm so much off of assists/kills and other objectives that gold is rarely ever an issue.[/quote]

[quote=tehAsian]I go something like [[philosopher's stone]] [[heart of gold]] [[sheen]] [[wit's end]] [[mercury's treads]]/[[ninja tabi]] [[trinity force]] [[shurelya's reverie]] [[randuin's omen]] [[hextech gunblade]] Real stronk. Does tons of damage and is tanky as fuck if you're ahead. Although I never get to Gunblade because the game always ends :P[/quote]

[quote=animorte]It works great, just takes twice as long. I don't stack Gp10 for that reason. I have tried it quite a bit and it just isn't up to par.[/quote]

[quote=BusDriver210][quote=tehAsian] I go something like [[philosopher's stone]] [[heart of gold]] [[sheen]] [[wit's end]] [[mercury's treads]]/[[ninja tabi]] [[trinity force]] [[shurelya's reverie]] [[randuin's omen]] [[hextech gunblade]][/quote] I do almost the same, but minus the gunblade. More tanky mayne. [[Guardian Angel]].[/quote]