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Skarner Build Guides, Runes and Items

Skarner The Crystal Vanguard

Find the best Skarner build guides for League of Legends S13 Patch 13.23. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Skarner build for the S13 meta. Learn more about Skarner's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

Season 2 Builds
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner my Ap Skarner

Build by xXXBIGDadxXX updated November 25, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Hybrid skarner

Build by Guest updated November 25, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

skarner jungler without smite

Build by Guest updated November 25, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

skarner test

Build by Guest updated November 24, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Bury Your Dead

Build by Guest updated November 23, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner

Build by Guest updated November 23, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner, the Unstoppable Force

Build by Berlox updated November 22, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

sk

Build by Guest updated November 22, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Bury Your Dead

Build by Guest updated November 22, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner. Burst guide.

Build by Fanaticcc updated November 21, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner Pro Jungler

Build by miadans updated November 21, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skorpion Days

Build by Beninobi updated November 20, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner, the crystal avenger.

Build by Milandor updated November 19, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

grwea

Build by Guest updated November 17, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner the AP crystal

Build by ATM TANGE1O updated November 16, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner Professional Uses(Laning)

Build by Perseus123 updated November 16, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Crystal Shards of Doom (DPS)(Update Aug, 11, 2011)

Build by shendoxjoey updated November 27, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner:JunglingScorpion

Build by Ganion updated December 28, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Lane Skarner

Build by ShadowGhost91 updated December 20, 2011
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LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide
LoL Champion Skarner Build Guide

Skarner Win! Round 2!

Build by Sn00zing updated September 2, 2012
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Skarner Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Skarner we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Skarner, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Skarner this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 13.23. However, if you are a new Skarner player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Skarner!

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Patch 13.23: 6,731 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Skarner's Runes

Skarner's Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 43% Pickrate

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Precision
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Sorcery
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Second Best

Skarner's 2nd Best Runes 49%

Win Rate 19% Pickrate

Sorcery
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Inspiration
LoL Path: Inspiration
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Third Best

Skarner's 3rd Best Runes 48%

Win Rate 15% Pickrate

Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
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Skarner's Summoner Spells

Skarner's Best Summoner Spells 49%

Win Rate 52% Pickrate

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Second Best

Skarner's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 51%

Win Rate 23% Pickrate

Flash Mosstomper Smite

Third Best

Skarner's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 48%

Win Rate 14% Pickrate

Ghost Gustwalker Smite

Skarner's Starters

Skarner's Best Starter Items 48%

Win Rate 51% Pickrate

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Skarner's Core Items

Skarner's Best Core Items 54%

Win Rate 6% Pickrate

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Patch 13.23: 6,731 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Skarner's Runes

Skarner's Best Runes 38%

Win Rate 30% Pickrate

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Sorcery
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Second Best

Skarner's 2nd Best Runes 43%

Win Rate 24% Pickrate

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Inspiration
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Third Best

Skarner's 3rd Best Runes 52%

Win Rate 12% Pickrate

Sorcery
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Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
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Skarner's Summoner Spells

Skarner's Best Summoner Spells 45%

Win Rate 45% Pickrate

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Second Best

Skarner's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 39%

Win Rate 44% Pickrate

Ghost Teleport

Third Best

Skarner's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 42%

Win Rate 8% Pickrate

Flash Ghost

Skarner's Starters

Skarner's Best Starter Items 42%

Win Rate 61% Pickrate

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Skarner's Core Items

Skarner's Best Core Items 52%

Win Rate 14% Pickrate

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Skarner Counters

Learn Skarner's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Skarner guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!


This counter data is for Skarner JUNGLE in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Skarner. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

Skarner Skins

Skarner's Abilities

Skarner's Crystal Spires
Crystal Spires Skarner's Passive Skarner's Passive
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Skarner's Passive
Skarner's Passive
Skarner's presence causes crystals to spawn in set locations around the map. Crystals can be captured by either team by standing on top of them. Capturing a crystal prevents them from being captured by the opposing team for 15 seconds.

While within range of a Crystal Spire, Skarner gains 70-120 Movement Speed and 43-160% Attack Speed, while restoring 2% of his maximum Mana every second. Spire radius is 1600.
Q
Skarner's Crystal Slash
Crystal Slash Skarner's Q Ability
350
10
3.5 / 3.25 / 3 / 2.75 / 2.5
Passive: Attacks against champions reduce this ability's cooldown by 1 second. Attacks against minions reduce it by 0.25 seconds.

Active: Skarner slashes wildly, dealing (+0.2 of attack damage) plus 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3% max health as physical damage to nearby enemies. If at least one enemy was hit, Skarner becomes charged for 5 seconds. While charged, this ability deals an additional (+0.2 of attack damage) (+30% of ability power) plus 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3% max health as magic damage.
W
Skarner's Crystalline Exoskeleton
Crystalline Exoskeleton Skarner's W Ability
Self
60
13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11
Skarner gains (+80% of ability power) 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% max health shield for 6 seconds. While active, Skarner gains 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% movement speed, increasing with 100% effectiveness over 3 seconds.
E
Skarner's Fracture
Fracture Skarner's E Ability
1000
55
14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12
Passive: Consuming this ability's mark or using Impale reduces this abilty's cooldown by the duration of the crowd control.

Active: Skarner blasts crystalline energy, dealing 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+20% of ability power) magic damage, slowing by 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% for 2.5 seconds and marking for 5 seconds. Skarner's next attack against a marked enemy consumes it to deal an additional 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 physical damage and stuns for 1.25 seconds.
R
Skarner's Impale
Impale Skarner's Ultimate (R) Ability
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100
120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80
Skarner impales an enemy champion, suppressing them for 1.75 seconds, dealing 60% attack damage as physical damage and 20 / 60 / 100 (+50% of ability power) magic damage at the beginning and end of the duration. While suppressing, Skarner can move and will drag his helpless victim around with him.

Questions About Skarner

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People cant see my build?...

So yesterday I posted my first build but didnt see it got put in the builds or such, so I was wondering can any of you help? I also noticed by not getting any views...

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Worst Champion Ever?

I was always curious who people thought was the worst lol champion. Personally I thought Skarner, but I was curious what everyone else thought. I started to think that Azir was the worst, but Skarner is still the worst in my books.

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Is hybrid Skar a thing?

Is hybrid Skarner viable? I was thinking about: Hextech-Guinosso-Nashor-Liandry-Randuin/Spirit-Sorc Boots and maxing Q, then equal W+E.

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What is your opinion on the new skarner?

what do you guys think about the new skarner?

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Trundle or Skarner(junglee)

Who sould I buy Trundle or Skarner? Who is better, more fun to play, harder or easier... And if you think I sould buy some ohter champ(looking only for jungler sugestions) then please comment.

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Skarner and Thresh Lantern

If a Skarner and Thresh are on the same team, can Skarner use his ultimate on an enemy, and then click Thresh's lantern to move?

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Is Skarner still viable?

I've been wondering lately whether jungle skarner is viable or not, I think he is but I'm not sure whether thats just because the times I played him recently the enemy team was worse than me.

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Skarner's Q while Charged

Does Skarner's Q use both AP and AD when it's charged, or just AP?

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