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Skarner Passive Ability
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Skarner is a melée champion without gap closers who seems potentially unsuited for a solo lane. But a closer look reveals something different. Skarner has insanely high base stats that will let him win any kind of exchange if he doesn't get kited around. And then his skills are just awesome for a solo laner. They all revolve around dealing sustained damage and offer him some kind of protection. The best of these skills is

AP Skarner is similar to



























Pick up







If people try to counter you with MR, buy a








Since you will notice your MS lacking at some point, dont hesitate to get boot upgrades now. Work towards a



Since you need to survive in order to do damage and your spells are really spammable when you can remain in combat, it is of more use to get AS, CDR and Tankyness in order to do more damage instead of just stacking more and more AP. Thus cover your last remaining slot with more resistance, Health and saving effects like




Getting







- Some champions like
Cassiopeia are difficult to beat, since you will be hard pressed to trigger the heal from
Ixtal's Impact, you will push the lane if you use
Ixtal's Impact, and they can kite you around until you die. If you cannot avoid such matchups, max your shield, get resist and farm under your tower, your time will come, you can beat anything late game - if you are able to get there without beeing utterly outfarmed. Every champion has its weaknesses, and
Skarner is no exception.
- Skarner has the highest base damage in game,
Sheen and its upgrades work wonders.
- Due to his good AD ratio on
Shattered Earth and high AS, hybrid items like
Guinsoo's Rageblade or
Hextech Gunblade are good options. But please note that we get AP not only for damage, but mainly for the heal and shield it offers and acctually neglect raw damage output in favour of those.
- Clearing the wraith camp is easy with
Skarner, so steal it from your enemy, push and roam.
Nashor's Tooth is considered evil by the comunity and should therefore be avoided. With S3 its acctually one of the more cost-effective items, but pairing AP with AS is still seen as dubious.
- Please realize that while starting with AP and
Ixtal's Impact offers a nice lane presence, there is no reason that you cannot go gp10 and tank items +
Trinity Force. Look at your team composition for advice on how to build your
Skarner. Sometimes your team needs support items, sometimes it needs pyhsical damage or just a decent tank and initation.
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