PASSIVE Crystallizing Sting

This is your passive. Its a slitghy worse version of Braums passive Concussive Blows. But this is actually a really good passive on Skarner. This allows you to keep your Enemy from getting away while ganking.

Q Shattered Earth

This is your MAIN DAMAGE OUTPUT. When in combat all you literally do is get a piece of tape from your drawer and tape the "Q" button down. The cooldown is reduced when AA. The cooldown reduce is double when attacking a champion.

W Seismic Bastion

This is your main defensive output. This ability combined with Mobility Boots makes you a fantastic roamer and ganker. This is a great ability when escaping as when. It can save you from a lot of things such as [*] Karthus's Requiem and Caitlyn's Ace in the Hole. Use this to absorb damage from monsters and when dueling.

E Ixtal's Impact

This is your main way of getting a grip onto enemy's. Without the slow you are pretty much the most easily kited thing ever.

R Impale

This ability is what makes adcs want to cry. You drag your wimpy ***** into your whole team without making a "Get over here" quote. But seriously this ability is what makes Skarner one of the best gankers in my opinion. It solves the problem for the enemy's "getting away".

This is the jungle I recommend on Skarner. This give him a decent tanky early game. Stalker's blade can help you get to your enemy faster when ganking or chasing fleeing enemy.



Boots of Mobility + Seismic Bastion = IMMENSE mobility when it comes to roaming and ganking. This can help you complete objectives such as the Scutte Crab, Warding, and Dragon.



After your Jungle items and boots, This is the next item you should grab. This is an amazing item on Skarner. Not only it gives you bonus armor to make you more tanky. But the Spellblade passive will give you bonus damage on an auto attack after using Shattered Earth.




This is probably Skarner's best offensive item. Gives you a movement speed buff when auto attacking. Plus bonus AP, AD, Attack Speed, Movement Speed, Heath, and Mana. Pretty much everything what Skarner needs. Trinity Force IS one of the most exepnive items in the game. Since this is already your 4th Item and you don't have any Magic Resist for a tank. I wouldnt consider building Spectre's Cowel





This is Skarner's main Magic Resist item. Since Spirit Vintage was made for Tanks that rely on healing themselve's such as Dr. Mundo, Garen, and Aatrox. Skarner doesn't have any self healing. But I would only recommend Banshee's Veil if the enemy has extremely hard CC such as Morgana, Lissandra, Lux, or Ashe. Otherwise, buy Spirit Vintage for the cool-down reduction.

Flash should be the summoner spell you should ALWAYS have. You can pull off some great Skarner plays with a Flash + Impale



Gee . . . I don't know why you would take Smite in the jungle like wtf.



This would be an okay summoner on Skarner. But you would already have many other ways to keep your enemy from escaping anyways.



I don't recommend it. Your Seismic Bastion is pretty much a built in Ghost anyways.

Pros

• Tons of CC
• Can't Escape
• Great Clear
• Great Mid-Late game duelist
• Killer Ganks lvl 6+
• Decent Escape
• References Pokemon!

Cons

• Poor Early game
• Lacks Ganks before lvl 6
• Pretty easily kited
• Escape is gone once Seismic Bastion shield is destroyed
• Lacks during teamfights
• misses kind

FARMING

Skarner's clear is actually really easy all game. This is pretty much what you have to do.

• Spam the hell out of Shattered Earth
• Only use Seismic Bastion if you need to or you have enough mana because its costs a lot early levels.
• Use Ixtal's Impact before fighting the creeps to get a stack on Crystallizing Sting.
• Use your Crystallizing Sting on the smaller creeps too, so you deal extra damage then finish them of with more Shattered Earth's while fighting the bigger one.
• Spam the hell out of Shattered Earth
• Press Smite key.

Pretty much whenever you are in a duel always spam Shattered Earth. Always keep an eye on how much stacks on your passive Crystallizing Sting so you can stun them and keep them in place. Once you have your ult every squishy carry will sure fear your sting. If anyone is around try to a Flash + [impale]. If you don't have flash or you don't need to then just use Ixtal's Impact.

Unless ganking at earlier levels after 6. Do NOT ult tanks. especially the ones that can for sure wombo combo your team such as Galio and Amumu.

Skarner pretty much counters everyone with a suppression by canceling it. And how does he do that? With another suppression like fighting fire with fire.

Here are some important abilities you can cancel

• Urgot's Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser
• Malzahar's Nether Grasp
• Warwick's Infinite Duress
• Karthus's Requiem
• Katarina's Death Lotus

You are the only champion who can move while performing a suppresion