So Skarner is getting popular in competitve, what will that mean?

Predatorator··1 votes·1,362 views

which, apart from the occasional picks, kinda surprised me. I see him getting picked more often. What will that mean for him balance wise? Will he be balanced around being a cc chain tank, or will he be made into the ad bruiser we know and love? How will his passive be changed in order to accomodate that? will be passive spires be reworked into a proper passive, or will the be completely chaned into something else? Will he be able to lane again?

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Fear the Kayn2 votes

He still won't be meta in solo queue any time soon probably. His ult is his main sticking point for competitive teams that can actively play with it but for solo queue shyv does the same thing but isn't as team reliant.

Predatorator1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Fear the Kayn,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=Z0WpqW11,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2019-06-17T19:57:57.504+0000)

He still won't be meta in solo queue any time soon probably. His ult is his main sticking point for competitive teams that can actively play with it but for solo queue shyv does the same thing but isn't as team reliant.

You're right with the ulti: after all, it's the really unique thing he brings between all the tanks used in competitive. that, and the ability to chain cc. i'd add the fact that the spires allow for a strong early in the jungle, like storng clears, mana sustain, faster roaming through the map. in solo queue he's harder to pull off, because as you said, by building him tank, you need the team to followup with their damage...and good luck with that below plat =p i'm less sure about shyv. she got less lockdown, and i think she's less tankier. also is she that dependant on getting dragons? but in the end, they both bring different things into the game, so it's hard for me to make a diefinite judgement

Tahminatrix 2 votes

It means skarner will never be compensated for harsh indirect nerfs that ruined him (steraks being changed from giving base to bonus ad)

Predatorator1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Tahminatrix ,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=Z0WpqW11,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2019-06-17T22:06:59.616+0000)

It means skarner will never be compensated for harsh indirect nerfs that ruined him (steraks being changed from giving base to bonus ad)

that, and the conq nerfs kinda killed his ad builds, which were the most fun, and less dependant on the spires. yeah, probably he won't be changed untill his vgu at this point....and i'm not even sure when will that ever happen x)

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