Talk:Skarner/@comment-2095407-20120715101627

For those who state that only tight tank builds are viable on Skarner. Also for those who are new with Skarner and wonder what builds are viable. There is only two conditions you have to satisfy to have viable Skarner build (viablity strongy depends on your and enemy team composition, but that is still viablity):

you need to do something about mana. Mana items like Sheen, Philosopher's, Glaciar Shroud and probably any other mana item is viable on Skarner. Two of these mana items are needed to perform well and not to bother yourself too much about getting oom in longer teamfights, chases and pushes.

also any Skarner build demands him to be tanky. He is melee range only. He has no gap closer. He has steroid to shield himself and to get in range but it is easily broken with no resistances or AP. So whatever you are building on Skarner, you must build some tankyness to perform at all. Innate requires you to him them constantly in close range. Q requires you to be in close range to perma-slow them. Also as Skarner you are front line of your team so be ready to soak up poking and CC for your team.

From this on you are free to build whatever you want and need to perform your role. He scales well with majority of the stats featured in majority of items. AP - all his spells have good scalings. AD - he attacks a lot and his Q has 0.8 scale. HP, armor, resist - contribution to tankiness. AS - more damage and more spells due to innate. CDR - even more spells and perma-slow! Mana - he spams a lot.

Builds and roles I recommend as viable and accepted by other players: Trinity tank - most or them expect you to build this (but boring for me); Hybrid off-tank - a lot more fun and does more damage, still really tanky; AP bruiser - less expected but stong.

Not recommended: AD bruiser - AD items has little tankiness on them and his kit does not support this; Hybrid - strong damage but too squishy; full carry - just no...

Builds are expensive and as jungler you should build gold items to help you to get that gold.

Items I don't recommend: Rylai's and FM - wasted passive; IE - crit build is too hard to make it work; Wota - Skarner has sustain already, this wastes your gold; Lantern - better get sheen, clear faster, gank better; Last Wisper and Void Staff - too mixed to damage to benefit.

Unecpected items that actually work well: Nashor's Tooth, Unholy Grail, Abyssal and so on...

to be continued...