Talk:Skarner/@comment-24.23.136.250-20110806055321/@comment-4167976-20110806081547

His aoe slow requires him to spam it more than once, which warns others of his intentions. To keep it balanced, I think that the cooldown on his Q is going to be a static...4 seconds, and the empowered buff 5-6 seconds(most likely 6), so you can't spam it TOO much, and would require a bit of dedication of the Skarner to get the cc rolling. This also allows others to put off your timing should you get slowed while chasing (BUT I HAVE TO KEEP ENERGIZE UP), not to mention allowing others to stun/silence you so you lose your energize stack.

Q's CD and energize duration is going to be 4/6 or 6/8, though i'm leaning towards the former. Going to be pretty minor slow and damage though (40% slow, ~150 damage at max level).