ARAM

Skarner ARAM Build 26.21

S+

The narrow bridge of the Abyss is walled on both sides, and that is a gift for Skarner, whose Ixtal's Impact rams the clumped enemies straight into the terrain. Seismic Bastion shields him and stuns the packed group, and Impale suppresses their key targets and drags them into your waiting team. Build tanky and he engages the endless 5v5 on his own terms.

#12 of 170 champions this patch · 57 games

Win rate59.7%+6.5Games57Pick rate1.7%Last 8 patches+11.0 since 26.14Damage profilei

AP 31%AD 65%True 4%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 59.7% WR

Mercury's Treads SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

Classic ModernARAMCounter

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Skarner Item Build

Threads of Vibration turns Skarner's tank build into an offensive one, because the durability that keeps him alive is exactly what lets Quaking ramp to the max-health magic damage it ticks across a stationary enemy, every point of health and resistance buying another window for those ticks to keep landing.

Standard loadout · Skarner The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 1400g

Giant's Belt×1

Health Potion×2

Tear of the Goddess×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Mercury's Treads69% · 57.6%

Plated Steelcaps31% · 60.0%

Situational items

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.K

Kaenic Rookern1553.3%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.U

Unending Despair1861.1%

Best Skarner Runes

Grasp of the Undying is built for the nonstop fighting on the bridge, where the clumped enemy team offers Skarner easy targets to grab. His whole game is landing Impale on two priority threats in the pile, and the endless 5v5 keeps that opening coming. Stack resolve so he holds the choke while his allies pile in behind the grab.

The pre-game page Grasp of the Undying · Resolve + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Resolve Primary

Grasp of the UndyingEvery 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Shield Bash81% · 60.9%

Conditioning84% · 62.5%

Overgrowth82% · 61.7%

Keystone plus three minors from Resolve, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Precision Secondary

Legend: Haste91% · 65.4%

Triumph82% · 61.7%

Stat shards Offense

Ability Haste+8 Ability Haste

Flex

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +8Ability Haste+20–180 Health (by level)

Build toward Heartsteel into Thornmail and set up Skarner as the engage the whole team fights around. With no recall on the Abyss, he stays in the clump charging Ixtal's Impact to slam an enemy into the wall and lining up Impale to suppress two of them at once. Load the durability that lets him dive the packed team and survive long enough to drag them apart.

Skarner Skill Order

Seismic Bastion resumes at 8 and finishes at 13, growing the shield and the shockwave slow together once the boulder is fully ranked at 9. Ixtal's Impact is the cost of that order, holding one rank until 14 even though the wall slam carries his only stun.

Skill order · Skarner R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W28101213max 13

E314151718max 18

R61116max 16

Rank up Q first for the AoE that lets Skarner grind down a team stacked on one narrow bridge, then W, then E. Shattered Earth and Seismic Bastion both reward sitting inside the clump where every swing connects. Save Impale to yank two carries out of the pile and suppress them while your team collapses on the choke.

Skarner ARAM Abilities

Threads of Vibration is the damage the tank build hides, almost everything he does stacks Quaking, and at max stacks the target bleeds part of its max health as magic damage. Seismic Bastion covers the survival half, a shield plus an earthquake whose shockwave damages and slows anyone near.

Abilities on the Abyss · Skarnerpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Threads of VibrationPassiveP

Shattered Earth / UpheavalMax 1stQ

Seismic BastionMax 2ndW

Ixtal's ImpactMax lastE

ImpaleUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Shattered Earth / UpheavalPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+10 per rank+90% bonus AD+3% bonus healthlv 110lv 420lv 530lv 740lv 950Cooldown-1.25 per ranklv 18slv 46.75slv 55.5slv 74.25slv 93sConstant at every rankCost30same at all ranks

Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Skarner: entries touching the selected ability light upRiot currently applies no ARAM-specific balance adjustments to Skarner.

Skarner Base Stats

Base stats · SkarnerPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD63+5AS0.625+2%MS335Range150HP630+110HP57.5+0.75Armor33+4.5MR32+2.05MP320+40MP57.2+0.75

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