Skarner·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Skarner Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Second Wind and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Solstice Sleigh as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Locket of the Iron Solari. For your last 3 items, you should build Knight's Vow, Abyssal Mask and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.2% winrate over 1 417 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Skarner Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite 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 Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Locket of the Iron Solari as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Knight's Vow, Abyssal Mask and Vigilant Wardstone. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 50.7% win rate over 1 122 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Aftershock as your keystone, Font of Life, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Approach Velocity in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Heartsteel as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail and Jak'Sho, The Protean. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.8% win rate across 141 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Skarner Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Celestial Opposition as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Heartsteel as third item. The last 3 options are Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.7% win rate over 118 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.