Talk:Skarner/Strategy/@comment-68.96.183.8-20110824010255/@comment-1484386-20110826171007

Phantom Dancer is not bad, but there are (in my opinion) way better items for this use. Phantom Dancer only gives some AD and critrating, while crystal slash is the only ability to scale with AD.

Of course if you want to build a full-AD skarner it is an item of choice, but I see that as a little wasted. In my opinion the main thing about crystal slash for chasing is not the damage it does, it is the slow. And also, it does some quite good damage when you build AP, as Crystal Slash has also an AP component (the charged claws). Additionally, with an AP build you get some good damage on fracture and - of course - your ulti, which has by the way almost no cooldown considering his passive. And third, you get also more absorb on your exoskeleton, which is nice in teamfights and 1on1. Also with Exoskeleton you're faster than the most champions with boots (besides Rammus with his roll-thingy) anyway so the extra speedboost is nice, but thats it.

All in all, I'm more building AP skarner cause it just makes sense and Phantom Dancer isn't worth it there. Just my humble opinion :)