Talk:Skarner/@comment-181.132.172.149-20120626135921/@comment-4538269-20120706211034

You don't need Trinity...it is a good item on Skarner but if you rush it...you're not going to be tanky enough for large teamfights. You should itemize for CDR and Atk Spd...so rushing things like Glacial Shroud into Frozen Heart or building Recurve Bow into Wit's End offers more tankiness and...if it helps for you to survive longer...more dmg then.

I go Philo Stone, HoG, boots, Frozen Heart, maybe Aegis and that's usually it...we've won. But to continue, Shurelya's should be gotten ASAP; Randuin's and Wit's End may be wanted as final core items. Of course one can also go for GA and FoN depending on enemy team. And if you're really fed...then get TF or Gunblade but those items should still be after your tank items...meaning you get them late game...in which case...just end the game already if you're that fed...

It is also precisely b/c of your Q and W that CDR and Atk Spd are so good on him and also why you shouldn't be getting Warmog's/Rylai's/Frozen Mallet but rushing resistances like Frozen Heart is such a noticeable increase in your tankiness....your W with Atk Spd and CDR is a very spammable shield.

The only time I've built Trinity and/or Gunblade was in bot games...just build tank...survive teamfights longer, tanky enough to make plays...basically just be a monster that requires 3 people to kill you.