Talk:Skarner/@comment-25532677-20151119173451/@comment-35229418-20151121195050

Played a couple of games with him and I can safely say that he's pretty strong with and. They grant you 40% CDR which means you can get full scaling MR glyphs. grants Skarner the sustain he doesn't innately have (unlike the   ) and makes building damage less needed while health is even better (especially with Cleaver's slight stats changes). If you go Cinderhulk + Cleaver + Gauntlet + two tank items (I usually prefer Plate and Banshee) you'll have around 4000 HP, which means you'll steal 120 HP every 4 seconds. It can really turn fights around.

Also, Skarner doesn't usually build early MR - he'll only ever get it as a 5th, often even 6th item if you don't count Mercuries. It's a good thing in the current AD meta (though I'd say AP champions are strong as well with the new Dark Seal, but this is another argument).