Several months ago Rioters mentioned wanting to look at Skarner again. Let's make a list of ideas.

WoonStruck·Nov 4, 2016·2 votes·366 views

Provide your ideas for what Skarner could use as well; I'll throw it in the OP and list your name with it.

######Keep in mind that these changes will not all go with each other; they should all be viewed independently as ideas for Riot, not simultaneously where all, or even more than one, will be implemented at the same time.

My ideas:

Funnel stats out of spires and into base kit. Having spires be a gimmick is not fun. Make them an objective control tool instead. ######[keep in mind Riot has stated the spires are likely to stay in some form]

Reduce/remove AP ratios in areas of his kit and move that power elsewhere; its power budget that goes completely unused.

**Others ideas: **

5 Comments

The WhamboozlerNov 4, 20161 votes

How about this.... change his passive to something less stupid, and have his Q give him something... like a stacking damage buff of some sort. That way he "tanks" by being a threat if ignored for too long, but being too burly to focus down quickly. If you ignore Skarner to focus his team he builds up a lot of stacks of Q and rips you apart, but if you focus him you're playing into his team's hands. It would make him into a tanky scrapper who wants to drag out fights while slowly killing you with poison. Or give him a stacking slow on his Q or something. It needs to be useful for SOMETHING beyond simply resetting his auto-attacks. Right now it's basically like Hecarim's Q... an AoE damage tool... but if he builds tank it's not much damage and he can't get away with a super AD heavy build because he's slower and more vulnerable to kiting than "I run at the speed of sound then lunge in with R" Hecarim.

Mostly tho, I'd be happy if they just gave my poor scorpion a real passive instead of a lazily slapped on minigame that no one cares to play.

WoonStruckNov 4, 20161 votes

Riot's said the spires are there to stay, unfortunately.

They'd be willing to give him higher base stats and change what the spires accomplish, apparently, but I find it very unlikely that they'd do that even.

TequilaZombieNov 4, 20161 votes

Scrap the shrine thingie. It's powerful, but it isn't fun for anyone involved. Put some power into his kit instead.

One idea I truly liked was the 3 stacks to stun he used to have. It made him an actual threat in team fights instead of an ult bot.

WoonStruckNov 4, 20161 votes

They said they were not getting rid of the spires. Nobody knows why they want to keep this seemingly arbitrary mechanic, but apparently its there to stay in some form or another.

I found the 3 stacks to stun extremely inconsistent, personally. Especially vs mobile champions. Maybe if they drastically lowered E CD.

TequilaZombieNov 4, 20161 votes

I actually enjoyed the pression it gave Skarner. The "you have 2 stacks now, so you better stay the fuck away from me" moments posed such a big threat to the enemy team.