Skarner Popular Build
The patch 26.1 Skarner most played build uses Mercury's Treads, Heartsteel, Thornmail, Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, Jak'Sho, The Protean, Oracle Lens. This Skarner build has a 5.81% pick rate and a 58.62% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Skarner build choices below.
Threads of Vibration
Skarner's Attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval, and Impale, apply Quaking. At max stacks of Quaking, enemies take max Health magic damage over its duration.
Shattered Earth / Upheaval
Skarner rips a boulder from the earth that empowers his attacks and can be thrown as a powerful projectile.
Cost:- 45
Cooldown:- 8/
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Range:- 400
Seismic Bastion
Skarner gains a shield and creates an earthquake whose shockwave damages and slows foes.
Cost:- 60/
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Cooldown:- 10/
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Range:- 700
Ixtal's Impact
Skarner charges forward and passes through terrain. If he collides with a champion or large monster, he'll slam them into the next wall he hits to damage and stun them.
Cost:- 50/
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Cooldown:- 22/
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Range:- 1700
Impale
Skarner's tails lash forward to suppress enemy champions. Once suppressed, the victims will be dragged along by Skarner as he moves around.
Cost:- 100
Cooldown:- 120/
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- 90
Range:- 625
- Tank,
- Fighter
Best Skarner Build - Highest Win Rate Items
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.
These are Skarner's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Heartsteel (48.0% WR, +1.2% WR diff, 65.2% pick rate) provides 900 Health. Thornmail (52.6% WR, +5.8% WR diff, 22.6% pick rate) provides 75 Armor, 150 Health. Unending Despair (53.8% WR, +6.9% WR diff, 40.4% pick rate) provides 50 Armor, 400 Health. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
3,000Skarner 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: Magic Damage, Physical Damage.
Top situational items for Skarner include Sunfire Aegis, Jak'Sho, The Protean. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Skarner are Mercury's Treads. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Skarner is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Skarner build.
Magic Resistance:65
Movement Speed:45
Health:2150
Armor:220
When facing Skarner's top counters like Rammus, Lillia, Gwen, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. Focus on completing your core damage items before heavily investing in defensive situational items, as Skarner needs sufficient damage to remain a threat in counter matchups. Adapt your final build slots with items like Sunfire Aegis or Jak'Sho, The Protean based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Skarner performance.
This Skarner durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 58.6% win rate across 58 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation, 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, Thornmail, 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.
Skarner Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Skarner build?
The best Skarner build in this patch includes Heartsteel, Thornmail, and Unending Despair. This build has a 58.62% win rate and is picked 5.81% of the time.
What are Skarner's core items?
Skarner's core items are Heartsteel, Thornmail, and Unending Despair. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Skarner's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Skarner?
Mercury's Treads are the best boots for Skarner. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Skarner's playstyle. They are included in 5.8% of Skarner builds.
What is the best trinket for Skarner?
Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Skarner. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Oracle Lens helps Skarner maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Skarner builds?
Yes, alternative Skarner builds include options like Heartsteel, Spirit Visage, and Unending Despair. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Skarner?
MetaBot sources its build data for Skarner directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Skarner builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Skarner. From there, we aggregate the Skarner builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.