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Something strange i noticed about Skarner

ThriceTail·6/26/2015, 5:44:17 PM·1 votes·336 views

I just noticed that Skarner's E, Fracture, is simply a worse version of Gnar's Q. Gnar's Q deals more damage, is faster, has longer range, has a lower cooldown, does not cost any resource and even has an alternate version which deals more damage. (Off course the slow is slightly stronger for Skarner, but this does not make that much of a difference.) This is kind of unfair. Besides, unlike other junglers, Skarner does not fit into the powerful engage meta, (unlike Sejuani, Vi, Zac) and has a speed increase and a slow instead of a dash and a knock-up. This can lead to easier escapes, easier kiting for opponents(against which he has little defense,) especially against champions with dashes. How about his E has a certain passive which stops its target from using any kind of dash, at least during the slow duration, to stop them getting away from him all too quickly. This could maybe also bring Skarner back into the meta, because absolutely nobody plays him now. On top of this, it would be an interesting new mechanic.

2 Comments

vIbvdOwbko6/26/2015, 5:55:51 PM2 votes

Skarner's E can hit more people and the slow is 3x what Gnar's is early.

But yeah, there are some abilities that are similar but are blatantly stronger. This is because you can't look at a champion's balance through one ability alone. You have to look at their entire kit, and how it synergizes with itself, and how strong some abilities are in compensation for their other abilities being weak.

Think about it this way. Think of Shyvana's W. It's core to her kit. It is a huge source of her damage and only way she can stick to people and chase. Replace that with Mundo's fire aura, his W, instead. How useless of a champion would Shyv become? Very, very useless.

Now think about Vayne. Her core ability is her W, Silver Bolts. Because of how powerful Silver Bolts is on an ADC, they need to restrict the power of her other abilities to compensate. Imagine replacing Vayne's W with a seemingly powerful ability, like Shyvana's W. Now Vayne is shit-tier ADC with no damage but decent mobility. This can be applied to so many things. Imagine Mundo's ult on ADC. Darius's Q on an ADC.

This is what I'm trying to get at. No champion can be judged solely on one ability. Some abilities are innately powerful compared to others, but champions that have those abilities have to suffer by having other weaker abilities.

khorney6/26/2015, 6:34:38 PM1 votes

i play him and i can tell you he is fantastic first off he is like uydr down to the T only he is stronger then uydr