Skarner has been unloved...

Otter Fire·1/7/2018, 7:19:09 AM·2 votes·1,065 views
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I don't get it, why has Skarner not received any changes since his last major nerf? I'm a mastery 6 on Skarner but there is no longer a reason to really play him while I have other champions that can do so much better than him. His play rate has been at abysmal levels for the longest time and now his win rate has taken a dive since preseason. Any ideas to change Skarner? I am interested in hearing thoughts of other players. Thank you for your time if you stop by to read this post.

9 Comments

Z3Sleeper1/7/2018, 10:52:45 AM2 votes

It's just the current meta. There's a plethora of champions underperforming compared to those overperforming and they are mostly underperforming BECAUSE there are champs overperforming.

Currently jungle is back to the "these are the top jg picks all else is troll" version. Just gotta wait til they fix that cuz as a skarner main as well i don't feel he's in a bad spot currently.

Scrooge McGee2/18/2018, 11:10:47 PM2 votes

Coggradulations, skarner is strong again. He’s actually absurd after patch 8.2. So much CC, good damage w/ triforce + steraks, and great survivability with a % health shield + steraks.

leakinb1/7/2018, 8:06:06 AM1 votes

So do Mordekaiser

Shahamut1/13/2018, 4:57:09 AM1 votes

Revert juggernaut changes. Period.

Riot admitted that they failed with Skarner in that rework:

  • way overtuned to start
  • pigeon holed to one role
  • did not achieve the niche role aspect goal

Stated that he was "probably not their best option " and "they could have gotten more bang for their buck elsewhere".

These changes were met with HEAVY protest from Skarner players who cared enough to comment on PBE threads, but since they had already committed to a deadline they pushed it through anyway.

It has done nothing to increase his player base, his winrate, pick rate, are meh at best.

I am passionate about this champion because he was the first champion I really loved when I started playing, and learning him and getting his tools down carried me out of bronze and almost into gold, primarily in top lane, in a single season.

"I miss my kind..."

SwiftKitten881/13/2018, 5:17:40 AM1 votes

play him because u like him.

do i think i play nidalee for any other reason than i love playing her?

nidalee is trash right now. practaully every other champion the game can do the exact same damage she does or more without needing to land a skillshot first

they are more reliable in teamfights, and frankly outclass her in almost every way... but i play nidalee because i love playing her. the sad part is i can even see nidalee affected by the damage creep. i am one shotting people i have no right to one shot and by 1 shot i mean use every ability QRWEQ

thats being sayed other champs can do with with just one ability now. and more importantly without the need to land a skillshot.

do u want to know what i miss about laning nidalee the most, being able to trade..., being able to pounce in.. pounce out.. heal. mana management determine if i made a bad trade or not. i can heal off damage sure.. but constant healing takes a LOT of mana.

nowadays there is no way in hell nidalee could ever lane. you would never be able to heal the damage done.

damage creep right now is absurd.

my other main... is Morgana

and i am absolutely FURIOUS about the last change made to her to stop her from healing off minions.

these SERVERY hurts her ability to support, which has already been made much worse when her W lost the ability to proc spellthief more than once,

it used to proc every half second with every damage tick, now even if a DIFFERENT champion walks into the are you wont get a proc, let alone procing twice on the same champsion

what what is keeping morg remotely viabale as support after this horrendous change that completly guts her lane sustain item 3092 and item 2045

frost game gives her the speed boost and item 2045 and a slow gives her the extra hp but MORE importantly the active item cdr

plus the item 2420 passive allows to take 600 gold off your item 3157 as well as get to use it early for one time

and what is riot planning to do remove BOTH item 2049 AND item 3092