Skarner·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Skarner Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Overgrowth and Second Wind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Sunfire Aegis as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Randuin's Omen. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 53.7% winrate over 14 595 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Overgrowth with Second Wind in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hollow Radiance as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Winter's Approach as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Randuin's Omen. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 53.3% win rate across 4 711 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Skarner Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Approach Velocity with Biscuit Delivery as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Heartsteel as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Sunfire Aegis as third item. The last 3 options are Winter's Approach, Thornmail and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.8% win rate over 3 674 matches played.

Situational Skarner Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Skarner build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.