Talk:Skarner/@comment-26001789-20160511205740/@comment-5067599-20160601190122

The whole Spire thing was just a sneaky way to nerf Skarner, because of how many complaints he got. If you are in a Spire, you're pretty much just getting what was taken from you prior the rework. Also, Skarner has never been a Juggernaut. Juggernauts are slow and hit hard. Skarner is fast and has good DPS, which is the complete opposite.

Back to the year they decided to rework Skarner for the first time, the only thing they had to do was put some better use to Fracture. That was the only problem with Skarner's set. Everything else was ok, especially the perma-slow on Crystal Slash, which was the best thing Skarner had and was the first thing they decided to take away.

When Skarner was released, they said they wanted a champion that could stick to the enemy and don't let it escape easily. With so much reworking (and it still seems Riot doesn't know what to do with him), he's far away from the original concept.