SkarnerĀ·Mid Build
Win rate | 55.3% |
Pick rate | 0.1% |
Ban rate | 56.9% |
Matches | 1 467- |
Skarner Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 61.1% based on 208 matches
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52.9%Alternative
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spells
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 18 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 19 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Skarner Matchups Overview
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The Best Skarner Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Skarner Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Overgrowth and Second Wind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hollow Radiance as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Heartsteel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 61.1% winrate over 208 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Skarner Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Second Wind with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Sunfire Aegis, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Winter's Approach as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Randuin's Omen. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 52.9% win rate over 121 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Sunfire Aegis as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Winter's Approach as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Randuin's Omen and Knight's Vow. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.4% win rate across 68 matches played.
Situational Skarner Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Skarner build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Skarner runes page.
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Skarner Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Mid in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.9 the best possible matchups for Skarner Mid are:
- vs. Morgana - 80.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Heimerdinger - 80.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Malzahar - 78.6% win rate over 28 games.
- vs. Qiyana - 72.2% win rate over 18 games.
- vs. Renekton - 71.4% win rate over 7 games.
Consider picking Skarner into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Skarner.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Skarner in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Graves - 20.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Jayce - 25.0% win rate over 20 games.
- vs. Annie - 28.6% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Neeko - 28.6% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Lissandra - 29.4% win rate over 17 games.
These champions are considered as Skarner counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Skarner counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.