Talk:Skarner/@comment-12904660-20151013135713/@comment-10136989-20151020101113

I can see it working in a brief window against Fiora, but past level 6 her ult gives her a huge advantage in the pure 1v1 matchup. Past that you have the unfortunately predictable stun, therefore probably stunning you, and the even more unfortunate potential negation of your ultimate. Even ignoring that broken ability, she has an easy way to proc your vitals with Skarners lack of a dash to reposition, an attack speed slow, and sustain. Basically we kinda have to wait until they nerf her, she's just stupid right now.

I've played Skarner top a fair bit in the past, it was fantastic when he had his slow on Q, became worse when they removed the heal on E, and is now in very much a mid tier position when comparing it to the metagame at the moment. It's some fun cheese, and I'll definitely play it every now and again, but if you're aiming to win and don't want to be picking/practicing tier 1's like GP, Darius, Fiora, Gnar or Riven, then there are numerous uncommon tier 2 champs.

Hecarim for example brings almost the exact same style to top lane as Skarner, with a more impactful role in teamfights, and a safer laning phase.