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Skarner Build Guide by Houcs

Top [S25.S1.3] SKARNER TOP - (Skarner OTP)

Top [S25.S1.3] SKARNER TOP - (Skarner OTP)

Updated on February 6, 2025
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Runes: Best runes

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Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Shield Bash
Second Wind
Overgrowth

Sorcery
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste
+10-180 Bonus Health
+65 Base Health

Spells:

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LoL Summoner Spell: Flash

Flash

LoL Summoner Spell: Teleport

Teleport

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Champion Build Guide

[S25.S1.3] SKARNER TOP - (Skarner OTP)

By Houcs
Introduktion
Hello, im Houcs and I started playing Skarner in the S14 Split 2 and manage to reach Challenger 1250 lp. Im also Challenger in the season 15 with this. It only took me 1 month and a half to peak challenger with him. I believe I have concluded everything I know on Skarner here so I really hope that this guide helped you. Pay attention that you will most likely play near your tower and your main focus should be dragging your opponent to your tower. If you would want to ask me questions then just go and check out my stream and I will answer them as good as I can :D.
Main Goal
Let your opponent push, always try hold the wave just outside of your tower. Then start to look for opportunities to pull them into your tower. This is your main goal with this strategy. Don't get too upset about your farm. It's a problem for me aswell, this champ is very hard to farm with. But being able to get free kills makes up for it.

If your opponent is trying to freeze you in lane, then try to take that opportunity to roam. This will usually cause your opponent to drop the freeze but can also lead to your team winning fight/getting a kill.

In teamfights you have to judge if you should engage or protect/peel your carry. How you decided depends mostly how fed your carry is, but also if enemy have an insanely fed carry you can look to engage him but make sure you have follow up on your engage. If you engage as Skarner with no follow up then its not gonna end well.

as for mid-late game split pushing as Skarner is not really effective since he have low tower dmg. I mostly applies a little pressure (by pushing waves) in the sidelane and then I go roam and look for engages.
Skarners Strength and weakness
[Pros]
Tanky
Strong engage
Good to get picks
Good dmg
Good sustain
Actually good against true dmg (due to all his shieldings)

[cons]
Bad against hard CC (because you it can interupt your E and you cannot use E)
Champions who has high movementspeed.
Hard to farm with
Bad waveclear early
Very mana hungry
Agile against shieldbreakers
Tips and tricks
Use Q before using your E. E makes your Q last longer and Its a benefit cause after your Q expired by your autoattacks you can use it again. (significantly increases your damage)

Use your E to the fullest. When using E you want to drag around them a little bit but still connect them to the wall. The longer you can do this the better. Because your champ revolves around extending the fight so you can recycle your abilities.

If a Target is running away from you, then first use your Q on target and follow up immediatly with your E. A slowed target is way easier to hit.

If you need to get damage delt quickly, consider throwing your Q3. Tho note that it deals less dmg but goes off quicker.

If you have Q active and uses your ultimate ability, it will automatically throw your Q in the direction you're ulting in. This can be used for burst dmg or just extra dmg.

The second you Q on Skarner is when the cooldown on it starts. This is the reason why you want to start the Q before intiating a fight.
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