Talk:Skarner/@comment-217.17.87.167-20120103091601

I used to main skarner a bit before his buffs and a lot after them. I was really good with him. Carrying games, tanking, initiating. New defense masteries are super fit for him too. He was really powerful and balanced for me.

And then I took couple weeks brake from playing lol. After that I just couldn't get him working as earlier. I tried a lot to get back skill or feel of him or something but now I main Kennen. And as time passed I realized what is very important to be good with skarner.

First, you highly depend on your team composition. You shouldn't be required to tank till late game so team need a real tanker. Enemies can't be very beefy and such because if you wont feed on them, they will feed on you as you will fall of later. Lots of dashes and flashes is pain for him. Good CC and kiting is almost uncouterable for you and leads to painful death in most cases.

Another one of the trickiest things with him, that he requires to perform to perfection is mistakes. You are highly dependable on them. You have to look for them, provoke them and use them to your high advantage. Provoked, spotted and used enemy mistakes rewards this guy so much. That ulti is really hard to land to your advantage against serious enemies. Because experienced and skilled enemy does not simply make mistakes, rarely fall for your provocations and knows your skill set almost as good as you do.

What is the point of me writing here this much? I'm kinda disappointed of myself not being able to play skarner as good as before. If he rules in high elos, than it means I have to work hard to get to a new level with him. This guy is great against medium enemies who are easy to provoke and scare off. But to rule against serious foe, he needs something a lot more than I have...