Talk:Skarner/@comment-25807555-20141203213950/@comment-25807555-20141208191122

Mundo is improperly classed, but that aside what Skarner did best wasn't his pulling an adc, that's such a waste of a champion, what Skarner did best was dueling, and he did it a lot better than Mundo or Yorick ever could. Too many people think the ult is what makes Skarner what he is. Aesthetically it's true, this is a unique to Skarner thing and might be what gets a lot of people to play him. However Skarners kit as a whole makes poor use of the ultimate, making him nothing more than a hit and run. Skarners kit had a lot better synergy with Energize than his ultimate. And even Energize and his ult synergize, I used to hear people say stuff like "Skarner is like warwick, can't gank without ult" It wasn't as true as it is to warwick, but there was no problem, Warwick is currently being picked in the LCS despite needing the lvl 6 to gank. It's not a bad thing for a champion to require their level 6 to be relevant, many champions are like that, Akali, Warwick, Riven. However what Skarner has over all those others, is after his ultimate is down, he can at least go farm it out to get another gank quickly. If Skarner still had energize he could be being picked over Warwick in LCS right now, because the one advantage Warwick has on Skarner (it's a big one) is sustain, Warwick swipes, and massively heals himself, the only other advantage he has on 4.9 Skarner is easier ult, but easier also comes with the less reward which is can't move during like Skarner can. Get a gap closer, lose ability to move.