SkarnerĀ·Top Build
Win rate | 49.1% |
Pick rate | 4.6% |
Ban rate | 63.1% |
Matches | 10 548- |
Skarner Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 54.3% based on 1 604 matches
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54.3%2nd Most Popular
51.9%Alternative
53.7%Off-Meta
56.5%Top Players ALL
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50.0%Matchup Specific
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55.6%K'Sante
56.9%runes
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 13 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 19 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Skarner Matchups Overview
Skarner General information
Skarner tips and tricks
Your Ultimate is a strong ability. If you can, try to use it as often as you can. This can be made easier by keeping the wave near your tower as you can pull the enemy into your tower.
Try to use your Ultimate on the enemy in team fights when theyāre grouped together. Locking down as many champions and carries as possible.
Look to win lane and roam around the map. Use your E to gank the mid-lane and help them. Whenever you want to use your E in lane, check the map so you donāt over-extend and then get ganked!
Skarner combos
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The Best Skarner Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Skarner Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Approach Velocity and Biscuit Delivery in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Sunfire Aegis as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Randuin's Omen. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 54.3% winrate over 1 604 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Skarner Top 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 Overgrowth with Second Wind 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, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Iceborn Gauntlet. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.9% win rate over 1 130 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, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Approach Velocity with Biscuit Delivery 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 Heartsteel as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sunfire Aegis as a third item. You want to finish the build with Winter's Approach, 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 53.7% win rate across 520 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Skarner Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Approach Velocity with Biscuit Delivery as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Hollow Radiance as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Winter's Approach as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Randuin's Omen. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.5% win rate over 457 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.
Probuilds
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Skarner Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.9 the best possible matchups for Skarner Top are:
- vs. Akali - 60.7% win rate over 107 games.
- vs. Ornn - 58.9% win rate over 168 games.
- vs. Jayce - 57.1% win rate over 240 games.
- vs. Teemo - 55.4% win rate over 112 games.
- vs. K'Sante - 53.5% win rate over 286 games.
Consider picking Skarner into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Skarner.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Skarner in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Vladimir - 38.0% win rate over 50 games.
- vs. Tahm Kench - 38.9% win rate over 131 games.
- vs. Warwick - 41.3% win rate over 80 games.
- vs. Kayle - 41.6% win rate over 202 games.
- vs. Gangplank - 43.7% win rate over 190 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.