Skarner Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 48.5%
- Pick rate
- 0.2%
- 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
Best three items so far
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Resolve 
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
Domination
Resolve
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. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Skarner
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Skarner wins 48.5% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (101 games).
- Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 45% of games with a 47% win rate.
- Skarner is an early-game champion: 48% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 35% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Not enough games yet.
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 75.0% | 4% (4) | |
| 64.3% | 14% (14) | |
| 57.1% | 7% (7) | |
| 51.2% | 41% (41) | |
| 50.0% | 6% (6) | |
| 42.9% | 7% (7) | |
| 40.0% | 5% (5) | |
| 40.0% | 5% (5) | |
| 33.3% | 6% (6) | |
| 33.3% | 6% (6) | |
| 30.0% | 10% (10) | |
| 12.5% | 8% (8) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Domination +
Resolve
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
Domination
Resolve
Resolve +
Sorcery 
Domination +
Resolve
Keystones
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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.
51.5%33% pick
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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.
40.7%27% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
50.0%4% 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.
33.3%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
50.0%38% pick
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Flash + Teleport
46.4%28% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
0.0%3% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
63.6%11 games
Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (71%), Q → W → E (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.