- Win Rate
- 50.9%
- Pick Rate
- 0.4%
- Ban Rate
- 0.2%
Skarner Jungle Build: Items & Boots
- Patch
- 26.22
- Games
- 234
- Lane
- Jungle
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Nov 7, 2026 UTC
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
The most-played Patch 26.22 Skarner build is Mercury's Treads, Heartsteel, Spirit Visage, Unending Despair, Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean, Oracle Lens: 8.77% of games, 63.33% win rate. Below are the boots, first items, starting items and summoner spells players pick most, each with its own win rate and game count.
Best Skarner Build - Highest Win Rate Items
Full Build
Early Build Order
Top Summoner Spells
Smite + Flash63.3%Win Rate100.0%Pick Rate
Build Stats
This Skarner build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
The core items for this Skarner build are Heartsteel, Spirit Visage, and Unending Despair. This item combination achieves a 63.3% win rate across 30 matches analyzed.
At full build, Skarner gains a total of 2200 Health, 170 Armor, and 115 MR, giving a strong power profile for a balanced playstyle.
Best Skarner Runes
Resolve
Inspiration
Skarner Abilities
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Skarner build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Health, Magic Resistance. Lower in: Gold Efficiency, Magic Damage, Physical Damage.
The most popular starting items for Skarner are Mosstomper Seedling, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 71.4% win rate and 23.3% pick rate.
- Heartsteel S Tier
Heartsteel
3,00054.24%Win Rate+3.39%WR Diff75.64%Pick Rate - Spirit Visage S Tier
Spirit Visage
2,70053.23%Win Rate+2.38%WR Diff26.50%Pick Rate - Unending Despair S Tier
Unending Despair
2,80058.27%Win Rate+7.42%WR Diff54.27%Pick Rate
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- Win rate by rank & game length
Skarner players complete Mosstomper Seedling first in 51% of games, winning 52.1% of them. The median first item is finished at 0:12 (25th to 75th percentile: 0:06 to 0:18).
First item
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 52.1% | 51.1% | 0:12 | 119 |
 | 48.6% | 31.8% | 0:12 | 74 |
 | 52.5% | 17.2% | 0:12 | 40 |
First two items
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 58.4% | 39.0% | 11:18 | 89 |
| 46.9% | 21.5% | 10:30 | 49 |
| 48.3% | 12.7% | 11:18 | 29 |
Three-item core
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 66.0% | 23.5% | 19:30 | 50 |
| 48.3% | 13.6% | 18:42 | 29 |
| 50.0% | 3.8% | 20:18 | 8 |
Stages keep purchase order, so "A then B" and "B then A" are counted separately. Completion time is the minute the last item of the stage was bought. Boots are tracked separately.
Skarner players max Q > W > E in 91% of games, winning 51.0% of the 210 games that followed that order. The grid shows the most common ability at every level.
Q
W
E| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- Q > E > W: 8% of games, 47.4% win rate
- W > Q > E: 0% of games, 100.0% win rate
- Thornmail S Tier
Thornmail
2,45055.93%Win Rate+5.08%WR Diff25.21%Pick Rate - Jak'Sho, The Protean S Tier
Jak'Sho, The Protean
3,20058.82%Win Rate+7.97%WR Diff14.53%Pick Rate
- Mercury's Treads S Tier
Mercury's Treads
1,25048.89%Win Rate-1.96%WR Diff38.46%Pick Rate
- Oracle Lens S Tier
Oracle Lens
054.14%Win Rate+3.29%WR Diff56.84%Pick Rate
Combined statistics from all items in this Skarner build.
Magic Resistance:115
Movement Speed:45
Health:2200
Armor:170
Build Comparison
MRSpeedHealthArmor
This Skarner durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. Its 63.3% win rate comes from only 30 games, so treat it as an observation rather than a proven edge. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation, excellent magic damage resistance, and substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Skarner build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. With a total gold cost of 15,400, this Skarner build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Heartsteel, Spirit Visage, and Unending Despair power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Skarner build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Strengths
- Strong physical damage mitigation
- Excellent magic damage resistance
- Substantial health pool for survivability
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Skarner Jungle Boots, Starting Items & Summoner Spells (Patch 26.22)
230 gamesMost Skarner Jungle players rush Mosstomper Seedling first (50% of games), finished at a median of 0.2 minutes. Plated Steelcaps are the usual boots (49%). The standard summoner spells are Flash + Smite (98%).
Skarner boots
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
 Plated SteelcapsMost played | 49.1% | 46.9% | 113 |
 Mercury's Treads | 39.1% | 48.9% | 90 |
Skarner summoner spells
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
  Flash + SmiteMost played | 98.3% | 50.4% | 226 |
Every option is listed with its own pick rate, win rate and game count from ranked games this patch. Options under 40 games are left out.
Skarner First Item and Core Build Timing
Which item Skarner players finish first and which three-item core they build, with the median completion minute and the middle 50% of games — the timing to beat if you want to spike before your opponent.
First completed item
| Items | Finished | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosstomper Seedling | 0.2 min 0.1-0.3 min | 50.4% | 51.7% | 116 |
| Scorchclaw Pup | 0.2 min 0.1-0.3 min | 32.2% | 48.6% | 74 |
| Gustwalker Hatchling | 0.2 min 0.1-0.3 min | 17.4% | 52.5% | 40 |
Three-item core
| Items | Finished | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosstomper Seedling → Heartsteel → Unending Despair | 19.5 min 17.9-21.6 min | 23.5% | 66.0% | 50 |
Every Skarner Jungle Item by Win Rate
The completed items Skarner players build most this patch, with the share of games each one appears in and its win rate. Situational items sit low in pick rate for a reason — read the win rate next to the game count.
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| HeartsteelMost played | 77.0% | 54.2% | 177 |
| Unending Despair | 55.2% | 58.3% | 127 |
 Spirit Visage | 27.0% | 53.2% | 62 |
 Thornmail | 25.7% | 55.9% | 59 |
 Sunfire Aegis | 17.4% | 40.0% | 40 |
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- Health
- 1,300
- Armor
- 75
- Ability Haste
- 15
- Move Speed
- 45
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