Talk:Skarner/@comment-1.171.189.207-20130108011506/@comment-5266525-20130108235433

People tend not to use his E while jungling as the heal is extremely poor even if you level it considerably, but his shield is still enough to give better sustain than Hecarim. He's also way better at dueling other champions, but Hecarim crushes him when it comes to ganking, especially pre-6.

Lategame it's debatable who is more useful - Hecarim excels at massive AoE damage in teamfights and practically cannot die with his W up, but Skarner has his Impale to snag and lock down a single target for his team (Quicksilver Sash counters him pretty hard there, though).

Up to you which is more fun/more to your playstyle.