Skarner Arena Build Guide
“The Primordial Sovereign”
The ancient, colossal brackern Skarner is revered in Ixtal as one of the founding members of its ruling caste, the Yun Tal. Devoted to keeping his nation safe from the rest of the world, Skarner dwells in a chamber beneath Ixaocan where he can hear the...
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Recommended Items for Skarner in Arena
Optimal 2v2 combat item build path for Skarner. Build your core synergy items first, prioritize speed with tailored boots, and adapt situational picks to counter enemy comps.
Best Augments for Skarner in Arena
Top-performing Prismatic, Gold, and Silver augments tailored to maximize Skarner's combat scaling, ability cooldowns, and survivability in 2v2 Arena rounds.
Become large, gaining 15% Health and 10% Adaptive Force.
Gain Shield after Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion.
Gain an aura that continuously harvests permanent Cursed Power per enemy champion inside. Gain max Health based on your Cursed Power.
Gain increased size and percent bonus Health per takedown.
Gain 1000 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
Requirement: Possess Heartsteel with 400+ stacks. Reward: Multiply your Heartsteel stacks by 3. Increase your Health Regeneration by 12.5% of your Heartsteel stacks.
Your Attacks deal additional physical damage equal to 3.5% of your max Health.
There is a tether connecting your team, deals constant magic damage to enemies it touches.
Immobilizing enemy champions grants you permanent Cursed Power. Gain Armor and Magic Resistance based on your Cursed Power.
Best Prismatic Items for Skarner in Arena
Prismatic items tier list ranked by performance synergy on Skarner. Aim to roll S-Tier items in your round 3 anvil choices to secure early combat dominance.
Skarner Abilities & Kit Overview
Comprehensive breakdown of Skarner's passive and active spells in Arena mode, highlighting ability interactions and combo execution.
Threads of Vibration
Skarner's Attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval, and Impale, apply Quaking. At max stacks of Quaking, enemies take max Health magic damage over its duration.
Shattered Earth / Upheaval
Skarner rips a boulder from the earth that empowers his attacks and can be thrown as a powerful projectile.
Seismic Bastion
Skarner gains a shield and creates an earthquake whose shockwave damages and slows foes.
Ixtal'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.
Impale
Skarner's tails lash forward to suppress enemy champions. Once suppressed, the victims will be dragged along by Skarner as he moves around.
Frequently Asked Questions about Skarner in Arena
Common Arena build strategies, augment interactions, and item synergies answered for Skarner.
The best Arena build for Skarner in patch 16.17.1 currently sits at Tier C (47.60% win rate). The optimal core items include Black Hole Gauntlet, Heartsteel, Sunfire Aegis, paired with Mercury's Treads or Plated Steelcaps. Adjust your situational items to counter burst assassins, heavy tanks, or healing comps in later rounds.
The top Prismatic augments for Skarner are Goliath, Courage of the Colossus, Dreadbringer. These augments provide massive combat scalings and ability enhancements that synergize directly with Skarner's kit to win late-game rounds.
The best Prismatic items to roll on Skarner include Black Hole Gauntlet, Gargoyle Stoneplate, Shield of Molten Stone. Securing one of these S-Tier prismatic items in the early rounds gives Skarner a decisive stat and passive advantage over enemy pairs.