Skarner·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Skarner Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Approach Velocity and Magical Footwear 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 Heartsteel as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Unending Despair. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Spirit Visage and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 49.7% winrate over 3 128 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Skarner Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Aftershock as your keystone, Shield Bash, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear 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 Heartsteel, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Unending Despair as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Thornmail, Spirit Visage and Randuin's Omen. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 44.2% win rate over 813 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth 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 Heartsteel as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Unending Despair as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Spirit Visage and Sterak's Gage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 43.0% win rate across 107 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Skarner Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Sunfire Aegis as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Unending Despair as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Spirit Visage and Kaenic Rookern. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 39.4% win rate over 71 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.