I used to do ap jungle, this guide used to be a top/jungle/mid but i took jungle out to clean it up a bit

Gj. I think AP Skarner needs to be given a little more love. An AP build gives him some measurable damage and if built right he can also keep a lot of his sustain. But I hate to take Skarner out of the jungle. Especially when champions like Ziggs can mid instead and you can drag the enemy backwards through a mine field :). I'm currently planning on sitting in normals for a bit and working out a good AP jungle build. I have already done it successfully, and I actually found that I can sacrifice my blue much easier to the AP carry early game, I just need to perfect the item build.
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Was tempted to vote up, because it's a well made guide. You state your views clearly, you are detailed in your categories, and all that jazz. However, i cannot up vote a guide i don't agree with.

Skarner, in my opinion, has no argument as to why he should be made ap. The Ap ratio on his Q is nothing special, adding up to only 150ish bonus damage with 400 ap, which is quite bad for an ap move, his W has a decent ap ratio, but i wouldn't consider it a reason to go AP. E has a decent ratio, however it's slow and you won't ever hit it against a enemy. His ult is good for ap, but it's not a game changer. And what i mean by that is you can do it's job without ap. i'm not going to down vote, because as i said eariler, it's a well made guide. I just don't agree with it.

Awesome, let me know how future endeavors go :D

Super fun. Gonna try it on normals in the morning, but the spirit of the spectral wraith item(I think thats the name) is a fantastic item on AP Skarner(Although WotA is a very solid choice as well). The sustain skarner offers is amazing and can literally melt squishies after a lich bane w/ nashors and spirit item. The thing is, he can use a variety of items and still out-trade and -sustain in 1v1 match-ups. This is from my knowledge thus far but I'll keep you updated on my progress with actual people :3

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It is quite enjoyable.

An interesting way to play Skarner. I must try it out.

Ty, I used to play him top lane, but found that the blue was just needed to keep up with damage, i might pick up a tear and try him top though, kha zix and jayce do it...y not my ap bruiser skarner?

Get rid of your track record til you have a better screenshot.

I've never seen AP Skarner before, and I imagine that the reason why is because of the matchups. Something this niche has to work as a counterpick. In this case, sending a Skarner mid would counterpick assassins who pick on squishy mid laners, such as Evelynn. Notice that not many matchups are favourable for him. He might also have some good matchups on top lane.

Nashor's is more valuable than the AS though, i think it is a very valuable item....CDR, AS, AP, Mana regen. I honestly dont see what you want to put in place of the nashor's, 20% CDR is needed to maximize damage potential...so you can replace it with very choice items...one of them i have listed is iceborn gauntlet.

First of all: AP Skarner rocks. But I disagree with buying AS items because it is a very expensive stat. Skarner can easily drag out a fight and do the same damage as he would with increased AS just with way more tankyness. No one can keep up with him in terms of DPS regardless of AS, but AS delays many other valuable stats on him. Overall, it makes your build waker even though AS looks good paper due to his passive. I say: Try to get your teammates to pick Warwick or Nunu and profit from it, but don't go Nashors or Madreds (like I do) :D