Talk:Skarner/@comment-31112777-20170121224618/@comment-15667791-20170125163009

Spire passive is the most oppressive Skarner has ever been. I don't understand how we ended up here. I remember when his kit was entirely slow-based, barring ulti. Now he has a zone-based power steroid and a lockdown combo, but needs his steroid to land his clunky CC, again barring ulti. I just don't understand the thought process behind the zones...

My opinion, Skarner would have been far healthier if they actually made him play as a juggernaut, kept his power reliable, kept his slow on Q, and reduced the slow to anything below Frozen Mallet. No reason for a champ to have free perma-AoE-Mallet, but they refused to drop it any until it was deemed rework material. Now we have this...