Skarner·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Skarner Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Second Wind and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Celestial Opposition as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Warmog's Armor. For your last 3 items, you should build Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 53.6% winrate over 4 923 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Aftershock as your keystone, Shield Bash, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Warmog's Armor as a third item. You want to finish the build with Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 52.3% win rate across 964 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Skarner Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Warmog's Armor as third item. The last 3 options are Winter's Approach, Knight's Vow and Thornmail. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 61.9% win rate over 323 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.