I really miss my kind

Techfusion7·8/20/2015, 6:22:41 PM·1 votes·428 views

So i just got through a few games with the new Skarner and all i have to say is,why? Why did they change him like this? I can't see any need to gutt him like this i mean everyone was just getting used to his last pointless rework and then they pull this trash?!I have been a fan of skarner for awhile now and have always loved him as a champ and as a chacter and have played him alot and know how he is used and with what comp he is used and his role. But now he barely fits in that role or any!

So your q is now useless as it grants no move speed no attack speed and no stun. I mean i get moving the atatck speed and move speed because his spires give them now (and ill get to the spires later) but why move his stun was moved to his e is beyond me. His e was always his 2nd or 3rd to be maxed with me mostley 3rd, but now you have to either max it 1st and lose tons of clear time and dmg without his q dmg or max it 2nd and lose your move speed from w and with q no longer granting ms you really need this.Your e is on a way to long cooldown to have his stun be on it. Even with the passive its still to long unless ur some how stunning all 6 possible people. Unless you can land his e and then be close enough to auto the target then theres nothing you can do to get to them. I mean ill agree his e was a kinda useless spell and needed something new, But this was in no way the right way to do it! Im ok with w being a percent hp sheild what ever but the issue is it has to be maxed last so you can never get a high enough ms buff or have it long enough cause the sheild just gets popped too fast. My biggest complaint is the dumb and pointless "spires" WTF was the reasoning behind adding these?! This is something that shouldn't have made it out off the drawing bored let alone actually be put ingame. Basicly unless Skarners in the very small aoe your useless. The aoe of the spires doesn't even cover the entire jg so if your want to get Krugs then you have to do it without the spire bonus which makes it take so long that it isn't even worth it. Since they moved his attack and ms buffs from his q to very small parts of the map it just seems backwards like instead of useing it when ever you want you need to be inside the jg. This pretty much killed toplane skarner which was something i really liked. The spires being able to be captured by the enemy is pointless it garentees that if you fall behind your staying behind since without the spires skarner loses all his clear time. Them granting gold to the enemy is just adding insult to injury.

My biggest point is Skarner was fine how he was and even though i dont play Mordekaiser much i think he was too. The changes to Darius and Garen were small enough and cool enough to change them but also keep them close to how they are as champs. Why Riot felt the need to completely gut Skarner I have no clue.

TL:DR Skarner was indeed of some minor buffs but the new changes are pointless and a step backwards.

Also dont post much to boards so try to go easy on me.

3 Comments

Serevas8/20/2015, 6:25:42 PM2 votes

I really want to know how you played him, and what you built on him, everything I've seen has shown Skarner to be completely broken.

Troy2426218/20/2015, 6:28:16 PM1 votes

Skarner is actually overpowered right now, although I don't really think the rework fixed any of his problems. He basically got another Scruffy treatment. Change some stuff around, add an effect then buff the Hell out of it.

Trebbi8/20/2015, 6:58:24 PM1 votes

He is strong. Atleast thats what i felt when I played him.

Moving the stun to his E was probably the smartest thing they did.