Talk:Skarner/@comment-26001789-20150118032753/@comment-26001789-20150121191546

TopLane Skarner is a poorman's Hecarim. Hecarim can harrass you without even drawing Minion aggro. Skarner has to actually AA you to complete his damage output in lane. He also has very poor lasthitting and has problems escaping from ganks because his only MovSpd comes from a dinky shield that would probably break in a 2v1 escenario.

What I'm talking about is that, even if you get IBG or TriForce, he still has problems dealing damage because his damage, at least in base and scalings, are very poor. Sheen procs only get you so far.