Talk:Skarner/@comment-4035707-20140426040352/@comment-15667791-20140503071613

People said it was getting better back when all these ideas were flying around about his Fracture slowing and junk like that, and look where that got us. As long Riot doesn't understand that he must be a permastick champion due to his cooldown passive, I am fairly certain Riot will find a way to mess it up once more.

The basics to it are simply that Skarner can't afford to give up his melee stickiness for the extra ranged utility and poke. That's not who he is, and those that think he can simply shift are fooling themselves, simple as that. His ultimate may be signature, but it doesn't mesh with the rest of his kit like the rest of it used to. A running ultimate didn't work before, and it still isn't going to cut it in the long run.