I don't understand him. He deals no damage, has no utility besides his ult and no longer has the speediness he had before. No more attack speed!
How do I play this Skarner? He doesn't even tank that well... His shield scales with AP. Not even AD.
I used to LOVE him. Climbed from level 5 to 17 with Skarner on 95% of my matches. Left him for Singed and now I stumble upon a shade of his former self.
Help. I miss his kind.
I don't quite know what skarner you're playing. He's still plenty fast, is pretty tanky, especially if u pump some points into his shield, and has good aoe clear speed for a tank. In the new jungle, I start toad and smite it immediately, with a leash. using Q as first skill. Then I get W after toad is dead, go to blue immediately. if laner is nice, try to get them to leash that too, but it's not needed. Kill blue. at that point, I usually go for wolves once my shield is up. After I kill wolves, I go to red, since smiting red gives a 20% health boost immediately. smite is enough to get me red, and I back after 4 camps, which is more than most junglers can do with this new jg. I honestly don't get E until level 5, I put 2 in Q and 2 in W off the start, as E is useless for jungle clearing, and with new jungle, I'm not really looking to all in for a kill until lvl 6, just scare them away before that if needed. I rush the item (sorry can't remember what it's called) that gives u the reduced cd on smite, as well as 50% damage from smite to nearby monsters, helps immensely with clear speed, and build that into the enchantment that gives 500 health and cdr. 
I think that's the right one. After that I usually go for boots, then 
which helps with tank, sustain, damage, basically everything. after that I change build depending on enemy. Usually get a 
, if they have a really fed ad champ, will go 
or 
, if not, usually do a 
. At the end, my build usually looks like 
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or . I'm pretty tanky at that point, also have good movespeed, atk speed and damage, and W adds even more tank. After u complete ur jg item, boots and trinity, should be able to clear the entire jg taking no damage. Hope some of this helped. If you ever wanna play, or have questions, im Im2shady4u13 on NA.
During team fights, I pop my W for the extra tank and speed, and go for the squishiest/biggest damage dealing champ I can E'ing them when i think i can hit it, ult them, and drag them back towards my team. If the team has any awareness at all, that should be a free kill for them and a free assist for you. after that, I kinda just become a nuisance, using W when available and smashing on Q as soon as its up, as he deals decent damage for a tank. If possible, (read as, without being melted) go for the next carry in line and try to QE and aa them, as it will proc his stun, and hopefully ur team can follow up on that too
