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Skarner Build Guide by MerlinAkhnaten

ADC How to unicorn your enemies with the Crystal Vanguard.

ADC How to unicorn your enemies with the Crystal Vanguard.

Updated on April 3, 2014
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Boots Doran's Shield Health Potion Seeker's Armguard Boots of Swiftness Kindlegem Spectre's Cowl Arcane Sweeper Spirit Visage Sheen Moonflair Spellblade Iceborn Gauntlet Liandry's Torment Randuin's Omen Wit's End Hextech Gunblade Trinity Force

Spells:

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Heal

Items

CORE ITEMS
Boots Doran's Shield Health Potion Seeker's Armguard Boots of Swiftness Kindlegem Spectre's Cowl Arcane Sweeper Spirit Visage Sheen Moonflair Spellblade Iceborn Gauntlet Liandry's Torment Randuin's Omen Wit's End Hextech Gunblade Trinity Force
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Skarner counters well

Shaco
5.8 CR
Lillia
5.8 CR
Sejuani
6 CR

Skarner gets countered

Gwen
8.6 CR
Volibear
8.2 CR
Naafiri
7 CR
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EXPLANATION OF ITEM BUILD

Early armguard means you are stacking ap and armor. Hextech and Visage secure you good hp/ap, all the cdr you will need, hp regen, and the active of hextech will give us AMAZING map awareness. Moonfire Spellblade is just beast and will make you tankier/harder to lock down/give you some ap. I dont have to sell gauntlet to you. Liandry's synergizes perfectly with all your slows from this build and will allow you to be tanky as hell while dealing a lot of damage. Randuins will make you nigh unkillable once you get it for late game and will allow you to peel for steve and I amazingly well stacked with gauntlet. The last two items are just for fun and only if you are dominating and feel like swapping them in - gunblade is a way better option for skarn than blade of the ruined king. My thoughts behind this build are itemizing to give you zone control/peel, tankiness (hp and cdr so your shield is up more), vision for ganks, very solid damage that works WITH your slows, be very difficult to lock down/give you engage AND disengage. I know it is tempting to get attack speed/life steal, but unless you are just going to be a damage dealer, I think it is a false economy and tankiness/cdr/ap will make you a better all around tanky damage dealer.
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Skarner counters well

Shaco
5.8 CR
Lillia
5.8 CR
Sejuani
6 CR

Skarner gets countered

Gwen
8.6 CR
Volibear
8.2 CR
Naafiri
7 CR
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