Skarner Jungle build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.7%
- Pick rate
- 1.8%
- Ban rate
- 0.4%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Resolve +
Inspiration 
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Resolve
Inspiration
Summoner spells
Max order
Q
W
E
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Skarner
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Skarner wins 50.7% of games as Jungle on patch 16.17 (760 games).
- Most common core: Heartsteel → Unending Despair → Spirit Visage — 80% win rate over 15 games.
- Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 87% of games with a 52% win rate.
- Best matchup: Fiddlesticks (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Karthus (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Skarner scales: 59% win rate after 35 minutes versus 47% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 74.1% | 4% (27) | |
| 70.8% | 3% (24) | |
| 66.7% | 2% (12) | |
| 64.1% | 5% (39) | |
| 62.5% | 2% (16) | |
| 58.0% | 22% (169) | |
| 57.3% | 12% (89) | |
| 56.8% | 5% (37) | |
| 53.6% | 4% (28) | |
| 50.8% | 35% (264) | |
| 46.5% | 11% (86) | |
| 43.8% | 2% (16) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Resolve +
Inspiration
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Resolve
Inspiration
Resolve +
Inspiration
Resolve +
Inspiration
Keystones
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Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
50.0%39% pick
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Hail of Blades
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
47.1%2% pick
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Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
33.3%2% pick
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
58.3%2% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Smite
49.4%46% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
72.7%33 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (59%), Q → E → W (67%).
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PThreads of VibrationSkarner's Attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval, and Impale, apply Quaking. At max stacks of Quaking, enemies take max Health magic damage over its duration.
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QShattered Earth / Upheaval
Skarner rips a boulder from the earth that empowers his attacks and can be thrown as a powerful projectile.
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WSeismic Bastion
Skarner gains a shield and creates an earthquake whose shockwave damages and slows foes.
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EIxtal'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.
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RImpaleSkarner's tails lash forward to suppress enemy champions. Once suppressed, the victims will be dragged along by Skarner as he moves around.