Talk:Skarner/@comment-118.71.144.74-20111203142122/@comment-72.214.255.89-20111205233407

You dont "need" wriggles, but the lifesteal means you will gank, dive a tower, and get away with 1/4 hp, then after a full clear, be at full hp. Additionally,it makes him able to solo dragon in under half a minute near the end of laning phase, at levels 9-11. I've tried early funblade parts to make up for this, but it simply doesn't work as well, or is harder to accomplish.

Skarner with blue buff shouldn't be forced to waste it by going home to recharge his hp, he should be in the jungle for 10 minutes at a time, with random ganks thrown in. Epegi solves this by rushing a philo stone, but the problem with this is you sacrifice early damage, and durability for when that ********** shyvana tries to steal your damn red buff. you will be stuck with a limp stinger and a half-finished sheen and go down.

Sheen is an amazing item on skarner, he has infiniproc on it and he uses the ap to good effect. The real problem is that skarner requires sustainability and at least some durability early on or he is a squishy scorpion who dies every time he ganks.

And for my final note, skarner is not lee sin, skarner does not zip in, punch you in the balls, then zip out while dodging your skillshots. Skarner runs in right up the middle, heals and shields through your damage, then mildly slaps you in the face for 15 seconds until you die