Skarner·Top Build

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 Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Transcendence 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 56.2% winrate over 1 403 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 Frozen Heart. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 52.5% win rate over 541 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 Heartsteel 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 Sunfire Aegis, Kaenic Rookern and Thornmail. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 56.5% win rate across 483 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, 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 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, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Kaenic Rookern. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.3% win rate over 394 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.