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 Aftershock as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight 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 Celestial Opposition as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Heartsteel. For your last 3 items, you should build Winter's Approach, Thornmail and finish with Unending Despair. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 53.8% winrate over 359 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 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 Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Heartsteel as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Winter's Approach, Vigilant Wardstone and Locket of the Iron Solari. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 54.0% win rate over 309 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Biscuit Delivery 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 Bloodsong as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Heartsteel as a third item. You want to finish the build with Winter's Approach, Randuin's Omen and Thornmail. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 59.6% win rate across 146 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, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Cheap Shot with Zombie Ward as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Health Scaling and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Warmog's Armor as third item. The last 3 options are Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow and Vigilant Wardstone. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 61.8% win rate over 136 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.