Talk:Skarner/@comment-4636093-20140210162804/@comment-4929329-20140213235631

Well, besides the fact that he's been decent at AP for a long time, a lot has changed since Skarner was popular to any degree. The AS bonus on his Crystal Slash provides a certain amount of smaller CDs that should not be ignored, and I would think that Lich Bane is a better pick than Nashor's Tooth for the AP autoattack as it requires 1 autoattack and even if you get 1.8 AS it's still the same amount of damage over time. Over time, items have been introduced to make AP autoattackers more powerful, but in the end I would simply ask: What would make you pick Skarner for that role over Kayle? Which lane does Skarner perform better in that makes it easy to do that?

While I'm on the "question-asking" string: Does Skarner's powerful shield strength (rivaling that of Sion) have enough strength to justify building lots of AP?