Stop building skarner with tryforce it doesn't work

SonicHydra20·5/1/2017, 7:30:01 PM·1 votes·844 views

The recommended build the game gives you is trash the extra damage on autos after abilities isn't enough to deal good damage and makes him less tanky. What I've found that works way better and makes him fun to play is building attack speed tank like shyvana. Your crystals give you massive attack speed boost meaning late game you can be tanky af and still do 3 autos per second. Also his q cool down goes down with every auto attack so building CD-R is pointless so just spam his q and use it as a heavy damage sunfire cloak. Also this build makes you deal amazing damage. You can 1v1 a xin zao at full health and kick his ass thanks to the stun on your e and massive boost to your attack speed and your ult keeps them in place at crystal. So instaid of building ad cdr and tank build attack speed ap tank. In late game he bassicaly turns into a juggernaut. I guarantee you will get so many double kills and it will so much more fun. This isn't an experimental build I promise this works so much better and isn't awquard to play so feel free to use in ranked. I get so pissed when people say he's no good and needs rework even though he's one of the best junglers in the game and probably my favorite jungler by far. PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO ACTUALLY BUILD HIM AND HOPEFULLY RIOT WILL CHANGE THE RECOMMENED BUILD. I'm so tired of people saying he's trash. Again this isn't some weird experimental thing like adc thresh it really works and I beg you to try it before you judge skarner and please get other people to do it too.

#MakeSkarnerGreatAgain

31 Comments

Very Hard Engage5/1/2017, 8:05:21 PM2 votes

theres exactly 2 skarner builds

option 1. stun bot. item 1409 or blue smite, preference. item 3672 item 3025 item 3742 item 3065 fill item of choice (typically banshees veil, GA, or righteous glory) here triforce and IBG are interchangeable depending on whether you need more damage or more damage absorption.

option 2. the on hit skarner. item 1416 item 3111 item 3153 item 3124 item 3091 fill item usually being GA.

on hit skarner is wildly underutilized however its exceptional in terms of dueling power and youll actually beat a master Yi in a 1v1 due to the stun, atk speed, and shield advantage.

warrior skarner is soooo bad. its such a trap item. however its currently used to stay on par/ out duel common junglers like khaz lee elise and rengar. which it does. but its not utilizing skarner to his fullest.

BlackFlux5/1/2017, 8:29:56 PM2 votes

I...skimmed it. Whats the build? I generally go item 1401 item 3078 item 3071 item 3053 item 3742 and boots. cause it give 40% CDR to shield spam,alot of HP late game with item 2138 giving about 4700 HP high damage large shields (and out of cmbat the shield speed is infinite)and a backup shield if something goes wrong

LostFr0st5/1/2017, 7:52:11 PM1 votes

Skarner has one of the highest base AD stats in the game and a spammable Q. Not getting a sheen on him would be dumb.

AL0005/1/2017, 9:59:48 PM1 votes

well I test both item 3115 vs item 3078 and both are very similar dps/burst but i like item 3115 due to his kite... and of course save 700 gold.

item 3022 or item 3025 are must item on him... i like FH the better.

btw item 3053 is not great early item... as i tested. Both item 3153 and item 3124 are highest dps but very expensive.

Conclusion, TF is not core of his therefore there is better cheap and decent item for him as poor jungler.