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Skar-Skar-Skarner! ~Angloomy's Skarner Build~

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Spells:

Smite

Flash

Ability Order

Skarner Passive Ability

1.) Introduction

/league-of-legends/champion/skarner-81 a simple champion, but little to my surprise he is actually quite challenging to be good with, this guide will focus on the different builds I have listed above, and the play-style strategy for each of them! The first 5 builds are for Creeping/Jungling, and the other 5 are for Laning!

2.) Pros / Cons.

Scarner is very different from other champions in the league, he is different in many ways, one of the ways he is different are the Pros/Cons of him!

2.1) Pro's.

Pros:
1.) He can clear the Jungle relatively fast because he has (Around 2:30-3:45 Minutes, My Record Is 3:13, But I Bet Some People Could Get Faster Times!)
2.) People think he is Underpowered, but he is actually pretty decent, and people think he is bad, which is why they get killed by him!
3.) 's Ultimate, , CAN win Team-Fight's if used correctly!
4.) He can heal lots of health with his when Jungling AND Laning
5.) SO MANY WAYS TO PLAY HIM!!!
6.) He can slow TONS and keep people within range of him :)
Below are the Cons :(

2.2) Con's.

Cons:
1.) lacks that much needed Gap-Closer that all Junglers need.
(To make up for it I run and use his to keep them from escaping a gank, and the fact that his slows after the first usage makes this con less important! The only reason I listed this as a con is because so many people say that Skarner not having a gap closer is a major issue when jungling.)
2.) is VERY Mana hungry, so you either have to ALWAYS have blue, or put in greater glyph of replenishment as your Glyph's
3.) Is VERY Squishy.
4.) Requires runes to jungle D:
5.) can't do much when Crowd Controlled (CC'd)

3.) Last Hitting

This will be the general discussion of how you last hit with , please post extra info if you have anything to contribute to last hitting/farming!

3.1) How To Last Hit/What Last Hitting Is.

Here is a last hitting video

The video above tells you the basic way of last hitting, BUT when you are , you can also regenerate health with using your on a minion wave under your turret and following up with . You would only really last hit if you are soloing mid or top, because the minions would push up to your turret and you could heal health by using your and following up with your
That is all there is to last hitting! Until I find other things out about it, the Tips & Tricks below will be empty.
Last hitting T&T:

4.) Warding

That video above covers the general way to ward :)

5.) Going In-Depth With All The Jungle Build's.

Below I will be going into depth with all of these Jungle builds. Note that some of the 5 builds are not mine, and 1 will be made from people suggesting things from the comments (The 5th one with 3 items)

5.1) Angloomy's Personal Jungle Build.

Runes and WHY I chose them:
Marks:
For Marks I go for the extra Attack Speed to reduce cooldowns because of his energize
Glyphs:
For Glyphs I go so that way 's will have a smaller cooldown when taking Golem down.
Seals:
For Seals I go the common for extra defense when jungling!
Quintessences:
And finally, for Quintessences, I go pure
Mastery order and WHY I chose it:
My mastery order is 1/21/8
Offense:
The only point I put in offense is because it reduces the cool-down on the summoner spell you are REQUIRED to bring ALL THE TIME (Which is ), plus an extra 5 Gold every time you use it won't hurt, right?
Defense:
I put 3 points in and for the much needed armor and magic resistance, 3 points in for extra health regeneration, 2 points in to make jungling safer, 3 points in to become more tanky for later on, 3 points in for more tankyness, 3 points in for your much needed attack speed and AP, and finally, a point in for your much needed defense!
Utility:
We start with 3 points in and 1 point in , and, the most important mastery for jungling, 4 POINTS IN
My skill order and WHY I pick this order for Jungling:
At level 1 I get because with his passive you can have a shield with a 3 second cooldown for blue, and if nobody were to leash, you can still kill golem. At level 2 I get his to heal off minions. And at level 3 I get to get more health on the shield+more movement. Then at level 4 I get so I can slow when I gank!
Summoner Spells and WHY I like them:
Smite:
Smite is required for ALL junglers, if you don't have it, you are either stupid, or don't know how important it is to be able to steal Baron Nashor from the enemy team, in fact, here is a video of using it to steal Baron (NOTE: That wasn't me!)

Flash:
is also important, it is the major gap-closer for when he is jungling, in fact, I don't know why you wouldn't take it on all champions who are jungling.
OTHER SUMMONER SPELLS:
Ghost:
is useless on I personally think, because his can do the same thing as it, but unfortunately, as all things, you are allowed to take it if needed, in fact, I only take it when laning him to be able to have more movement when pulling them with
Teleport:
Later on there will be a soloing middle build for Skarner and will probably be one of the summoner spells, but unless one of your lanes are getting pushed hard and you are jungling, you have no reason to take this
Heal:
If you have to take then you shouldn't be jungling with , and besides, his heals for just as much if you follow up with on a pile of minions.
Fortify:
Is somewhat like , it can be used offensively or defensively. The only good thing with is that you can use it when you are dead, but sadly, it has longer cooldown than .

My playstyle:
Early Game:
At the start, buy and 5 , get your team to protect you and leash, and play care when you are jungling. The main objective, besides winning, is NOT DYING ON YOUR FIRST GANK, because, if you die, you give the enemy a free 2 buffs and the one who got blue can continually harass your solo lane/duo lane/middle lane to oblivion. Also, hang out in your jungle, use your wriggles to keep an eye on their jungler, and, most importantly, BUY SIGHT WARD's AND 's AND WARD UP YOUR JUNGLE SOME! Because, if you forget to ward, you could be ganked by ANYBODY (Including . Unless of course, you are at 0 Elo in ranked, but I don't think that is humanly possible =.=
Mid Game:
At this point in the game you should have gotten a kill by now, or have stolen the enemy jungle and have enough to buy and mercury's threads and get 1 . After you get your blue and red again, take dragon, and gank for another kill. Turrets should start going down! When that starts to happen, look for empty lanes and increase your CS (Creep Score) by farming creeps, TRY NOT TO DIE! I cannot stress enough that dying gives the enemy your buffs and makes it more difficult to fight them because they can spam all their skills and still have mana left Ex. or . The second time you go back you should buy a and a . Or, if you can, buy the entire !
Late Game:
Wheee! If the game lasts this long, you should get your team to baron, or if your team is defending versus the enemy team at your inner-most mid turret, you can backdoor their bottom or top turrets! One good thing about is that he has an escape mechanism. His is JUST as good as , except for the fact that gives attack speed and puts a shield up for you!
That is it for Angloomy's build, below is the Jungle build from the champion spotlight for .

5.2) The Jungling Build From The Skarner Champion Spotlight.

Runes:
x9
x9
x9
x3

Masteries:
1/18/11
Item Order:

Summoner Spells:
and
Skill Sequence:
R>Q>W>E
Spotlight Video:

5.5) Jungle build BY THE COMMUNITY!

Yeah, Comment and I will make it according to who comments and what they say :)

7.) Tips & Tricks With The Scorpion:

T&T:
1.) You have a small range of time right when you use to , use that to your advantage!
2.) Turn around when your is about to wear off, you will make the enemy have to walk more!

8.) Credits:

Credits to the chat room "LoL University" for so much of the helpful stuff! And credits to MOBAfire for having such an easy to use configurator for the build's!
Join my clan, Jinx Gaming, and hang around in the PvP.net chat room "Jinx" without the "'s