Talk:Skarner/@comment-24634861-20141224063618/@comment-15667791-20150106230141

First off, 20% AP and 40% AD ratios are approximately equivalent because AD costs way more to accumulate. 35% AP is not equal to 35% AD. Q would become very AP heavy, as is E and W. Passive kinda has a 100% AD ratio, but so does every single autoattack, and the entire approach to the autoattack is the same as the one before it. Doesn't really count anyway, like any autoattack modifier, except this one doesn't even get an autoattack reset. The only AD buff is the ultimate, which I find troubling in the first place because he would need some AD consistency, and he's not going to get that with 35% AD on Q and a rare ulti damage proc (which, btw, amounts to exactly 1 autoattack of damage... not so grand).

AP's Q was buffed like crazy, W is the same, and E is the same, and the ratios weren't that bad to begin with. Yeah, more lackluster than before rework, but with the swell in hard utility, ranged utility, and mobility, the AP ratio drop was kinda warranted. Additionally, he no longer has to count on attack speed for basically any of his AP damage except in stationary duels, which should be rare in the first place. He can scrap it altogether on his AP build, just focusing on CDR.

So, yeah, I don't see AD Skarner making his way onto the scene from this, nor AP Skarner turning out healthy, either. The passive stun helps a little on the former, but makes AP Skarner just plain oppressive. 1 second stun is not that bad, though it does have to level up to it. You are a bruiser anyway; hard CC isn't really your thing, which is why I never understood his rework bringing in such a freakish passive. At least Udyr has lower cooldowns to work with on his speed boost/burst/shield.