r/SkarnerMains

Hi, I used to be an old skarner enjoyer, dropped it after the rework but now coming back (gold elo).

I like some theory crafting but I suspect I'm not great at it.

Here are my questions:

- Warmogs: why is it never in recommended build? On paper it sounds good for our HP scaling and tankyness

- Fimbulwinter: the item is super gold effective, is it just not worth it in jgl due to automatic mana regen?

- DMP(Deadmans plate): sound good on paper, why never in builds either? Is it never worth against Unending Dispair?

- MR item: Spirit visage seems to be king, why not hollow radiance? Scaling too bad/not worth?

Any other take on underrated/underused tank items are welcome :)

Thanks!

Hello! I love skarner, but idk if ad is good on him on jg. If it is, what build can I use?

Like the title says, im curious as what skarner mains think of the Old vs the new version of skarner.

I myself really like the new skarner, as in most situations he has decent damage, decent cc, great survivability. Not to mention his current ult can win team fights on its own.

So my question is what makes the old version better than the new? As I've seen a decent amount of ppl ask for his old version back.

So Skarner as officially classified by Riot is a Juggernaut

Definition of a Juggernaut: Juggernauts are melee titans who relentlessly march down the opposition and devastate those foolish enough to get within their grasp. They are the only subclass who excel at both dealing and taking significant amounts of damage, but in turn they have a tough time closing in on targets due to their low range and extremely limited mobility.

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If you look at all the champions in this list, they definitely have potential to both soak and deal damage and survive at low health by various means in their kit.

But Skarner barely fills this criteria doesn't he ? The W shield is underwhelming, He doesn't heal himself, He has barely any innate tankiness compared to other juggernauts and can't really soak damage.

Even building a sizeable amount of bonus health his W shield doesn't seem to get any big enough values to let him stay in a fight.

I would like to understand from Riot how Skarner fits the juggernaut title compared to all champions on this list, I understand he has much more CC than all of the other juggernauts and that is likely the reason why his damage is gated, but he needs a survival mechanic to be able to function more correctly IMHO.

Hey everyone, hope all the scorpions out there are doing well. So, I was really looking forward for League Classic cause I thought it'd be Skarner's kit before rework, not the first one, but I'm still happy with it and that's not quite the big problem for me.

However, it is really frustrating that there is the possibility that League Classic is only a temporary mode, and I won't ever be able to play him again, or have a long term perspective on our boy, because that would be probably the last time we would play old Skarner. Anyways, what would you guys think it's the best Skarner for them to bring back and what are your thoughts on a possibly ephemeral league classic?

"I miss my kind"

Depois do rework que o skarner teve apenas sinto que jogo com ele por ele ter o nome do velho skarner. O kit dele é até legal mais não sinto a mesma coisa jogando com o novo skarner. Sou só eu?

THIS IS MY OPINION

I like Classic Skarner, alot but I do miss his E stun because I feel like current Skarner (Big Lois) has better E than old Skarner. The rest of old Skarner Kit is WAY better. I don't like Current Skarner R because it's too slow and clunky to hit anything with unless CC. Q is better on old because you can do a lot of damage with Q on old Skarner while Current is better for Top only because he can throw it, Though it's clunky as well. W is way better on old because attack speed. The R is better on current but animation is so long and duration of it is shorter as well. So I would go with Old because point and click ability. The passive is SO MUCH better on old than current because old atleast helps you get back your ult as current just a small burn only matter in long fights.

So do I perfer old Skarner over Big Lois.

Yes and no, yes in some abilites and no in others. I wish they kept old skarner R and replaced his E with new skarner E and his old passive with sprials with current PBE passive. That's all I will have to say, thanks for reading this.

since his rework late last year when he got his insane ad ratios, i felt like the general consensus what tha triforce was by far better that hearsteel because of how much raw damage it brings compared to hearsteel

but like every major site still say HS is better to rush despite having consistently lower winrate at every elo ??? like i'm sorry but hearsteel is so fucking bait and only works into 3+ melee champs or you can never ever stack it

Triforce > sundered > JakSho gives assassin level damage while being verry hard to kill with hatse and resist

anyways do y'all still run HS in the big 26

Guys we can get the actual good version of skarner instead of v1 which is still an acceptable skarner but it isn't the most fun version.

V3 skarner was the spire skarner v2 is the micro stun skarner with the 3 hit passive.

In my opinion this is the best skarner that was ever released. That is the skarner I remember from my childhood and I didn't love the spire rework but it mostly kept the champion I liked intact and give him an insane jungle clear abduction play style. The Katarina mains complaining until they got v2 kat so it is possible.

Skarner not having a stun is extremely jarring and I don't really love the first version they shipped on league classic. Maybe you guys like it more but that's my opinion. They are going to nerf this skarner so it won't feel as strong as it currently is. There is no way they let the current skarner numbers stay in the game so the champion won't be as fun as it is right now with the damage numbers.