Can you lane with skarner at all and if so how can you build him?

Changeling·12/20/2015, 10:01:26 PM·1 votes·1,110 views

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Hard4Hamsters12/20/2015, 10:59:41 PM1 votes

Not really anymore I don't think. At least not with much success. Your best bet would be to take him Top lane and build him as a fighter/tank. Items to consider getting would be one or two offensive items in the form of item 3078 item 3025 item 3077 item 3053 item 3071 item 3124 (<--this might be a good item on him right now; haven't tried it). And then build standard diving tank: item 3742 item 3143 item 3102 item 3075 item 3800 (<--really good synergy with his dive and R ability).

You could probably just build pure tank and have some relevancy, but I find an inherent problem with Skarner not being able to use his Spires to their fullest by being locked in a lane where you will nearly never use them. I wouldn't recommend taking him in a lane right now, but if you really want to, I would take him in top lane as he will have more favorable matchups (barely) than in other lanes. The only other thing I could see him doing is being a really subpar support.

The support build would be mostly about building a lot of HP and definitely getting item 3800 or item 3069 , though I would go item 3401 because it will help you more in the laning phase and you want to be as tanky as possible to be a good frontline. I would probably only pick Skarner support into diving carries like Riven Irelia Jax who are trying to take out your backline. Just press R and allow your team to destroy them while you drag them away. You would want to roam a lot as Skarner and pick up the spires as you run around and if anyone wants to fight you, you might be able to hold your own. I'm not sure, but basically that's how I see it. Gank with your jungler a lot and you might have a good game.

Runes and masteries:

Top: 12/0/18 with Grasp of the Undying Quints: AD/AttSpd/MS Marks: AD Seals: Armor/Scaling Armor/Scaling Hp Glyphs: MR/Scaling MR/CDR/Scaling CDR

Bot: 0/12/18 or 0/18/12 with Bond of Stone or Thunderlord's Decree (maybe, I wouldn't try Thunderlords, but it helps in the laning phase to snowball) Quints: Armor/maybe 2 MS and 1 armor Marks: Armor Seals: HP Glyphs: MR

That's my opinion on the matter. Midlane would be a struggle for him but he COULD be a top laner or a support, but given a lot of his power comes from objective control, he is a FAR better Jungler right now. I wish you luck. Peace.

baby reksai12/21/2015, 11:25:44 AM1 votes

saw him play in a cheese bot lane. opponent built him as an adc. Played him like a Morde.