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Skarner
the Crystal Vanguard
Release date	2011-08-09
Last changed	V11.4
Class(es)	Diver
Legacy	Fighter Tank
Position(s)	Jungle
Resource	Mana
Range type	Melee
Adaptive type	Physical
Store price	4800 | 880
Crafting	+ 2880
Ratings
Damage 1 Toughness 3 Control 3 Mobility 1 Utility 1
Style
Difficulty
Champion Spotlight
Skarner Champion Spotlight

Base statisticsSkarnerEdit
Health 580+85
Health 580+85
Mana 320+60
Mana 320+60
Health regen. 9+0.85
Health regen. 9+0.85
Mana regen. 7.2+0.45
Mana regen. 7.2+0.45
Armor 38+3.8
Armor 38+3.8
Attack damage 65+4.5
Attack damage 65+4.5
Magic resist. 32+1.25
Magic resist. 32+1.25
Crit. damage 175%
Crit. damage 175%
Move. speed 335
Move. speed 335
Attack range 125
Attack range 125
Attack speed
Base AS 0.625
Base AS 0.625
Attack windup 18% (mod. 0.5)
Attack windup 18% (mod. 0.5)
AS ratio N/A
AS ratio N/A
Bonus AS +2.1%
Bonus AS +2.1%
Unit radius
Gameplay radius 80
Gameplay radius 80
Selection radius 130
Selection radius 130
Pathing radius 50
Pathing radius 50
Auto radius 600
Auto radius 600
Special statistics
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt -5%
Dmg. Dealt -5%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%

Abilities

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Crystal Spires

EFFECT RADIUS: 1600

	Innate: Skarner's presence causes 6 Crystal Spires to appear at set points on the battlefield: One beside Baron Nashor's pit One beside Dragon's pit One nearby each buff monster's camp
	Crystal Spires can be captured by champions after minions have spawned by standing near them for 2 seconds. Once captured, Crystal Spires are owned until contested and the defending team can stand on the spire to prevent the opposing team from capturing it.
	Crystal Spires grant 30 gold split among its captors upon being captured, or 15 gold if only a single champion participated in its capture, and provide sight around them for 1.5 seconds upon being captured, becoming unable to be recaptured for 15 seconds.
	Skarner gains Crystal Charge while within range of a Crystal Spire controlled by his team, for 1.25 seconds after triggering Crystal Venom, or for 1.75 seconds after stinging an enemy champion with Impale.
	Crystal Charge: Skarner gains 70 − 120 (based on level)  bonus movement speed, 43% − 160% (based on level)  bonus attack speed and restores  1% maximum mana every 0.5 seconds.
	Crystal Spires near buff monsters start the game already captured by the side's respective team.

Info

Targeting input	Passive

Notes

• Crystal Charge's duration refreshes if it was gained by an ability.

Map-Specific Differences

Howling Abyss differences ^edit

• Number of Crystal Spires spawned on the battlefield changed to five:
  • One in each brush (with the central one being neutral)
  • One in each team's base (below each inhibitor)

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Crystal Slash

EFFECT RADIUS: 350 CAST TIME: none COST: 10 Mana COOLDOWN: 3.5 / 3.25 / 3 / 2.75 / 2.5

	Active: Skarner slashes around himself, dealing physical damage to all surrounding enemies.	Physical Damage: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3% of target's maximum health (+ 20% AD)
	If an enemy is hit, subsequent uses of Crystal Slash within 5 seconds deal bonus magic damage.	Bonus Magic Damage: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3% of target's maximum health (+ 20% AD) (+ 30% AP) Total Mixed Damage: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6% of target's maximum health (+ 40% AD) (+ 30% AP)
	Basic attacks against non-structures reduce Crystal Slash's  cooldown by 0.25 seconds, quadrupled to 1 against enemy champions.

Info

Targeting input	Auto
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Physical damage / Magic damage
Sub-type	Physical damage / Magic damage
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes

Notes

• Spell shield will block the damage but will not prevent Skarner from triggering the bonus effect.

Map-Specific Differences

Ultra Rapid Fire differences ^edit

• No longer reduces its cooldown on-hit.*

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Crystalline Exoskeleton

CAST TIME: none COST: 60 Mana COOLDOWN: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11

Active: Skarner crystallizes himself, gaining a shield for up to 6 seconds and initial  bonus movement speed that accelerates by 100% over 3 seconds while the shield holds.

Shield Strength: 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% maximum health (+ 80% AP) Initial Bonus Movement Speed: 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% Maximum Bonus Movement Speed: 16 / 20 / 24 / 28 / 32%

Info

Targeting input	Auto
Damage type
Type	Shield
Type	Shield

Notes

• No additional notes.

Map-Specific Differences

Ultra Rapid Fire differences ^edit

• Shield AP and health ratios halved.

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Fracture

TARGET RANGE: 1000 WIDTH: 140 SPEED: 1500 CAST TIME: 0.25 COST: 55 Mana COOLDOWN: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12

	Passive: Every time Skarner triggers Crystal Venom or stings an enemy with Impale, Fracture's  cooldown is reduced by the corresponding base duration of the disable.
	Active: Skarner launches a blast of crystalline energy in the target direction, dealing magic damage to all enemies struck and slowing them for 2.5 seconds, as well as marking them with Crystal Venom for 5 seconds.	Magic Damage: 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+ 20% AP) Slow: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%
	Skarner's next basic attack against a target marked with Crystal Venom consumes the mark to deal them bonus physical damage and stun them for 1.25 seconds.	Bonus Physical Damage: 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110

Info

Targeting input	Direction
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic damage / Physical damage
Sub-type	Magic damage / Physical damage
Counters
Spell shield	Blocked
Spell shield	Blocked
Parries	See Notes
Parries	See Notes
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

Notes

• Fracture is disabled during Impale.
• Fracture is always cast from the original casting location.
• Crystal Venom triggers even if the attack is blocked ( stun applies), but not if it's dodged. The damage of the entire attack is negated in both cases.
  • PENDING FOR TEST: Blind.

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Impale

TARGET RANGE: 350 CAST TIME: 0.25 COST: 100 Mana COOLDOWN: 120 / 100 / 80

	Active: Skarner roots the target enemy champion during the ability's cast time and attempts to impale them with his stinger. Upon successfully impaling the target, he deals them 60% AD physical damage and bonus magic damage, and reveals and suppresses them for 1.75 seconds, during which he can drag his victim with himself. At the end of the duration, the target takes the same damage again.	Bonus Magic Damage: 20 / 60 / 100 (+ 50% AP) Total Mixed Damage: 40 / 120 / 200 (+ 120% AD) (+ 100% AP)
	Impale's drag ignores displacement immunity, overriding all forms of movement that would otherwise not be able to be interrupted.*
	Skarner is unable to basic attack, cast Fracture, or use Flash during Impale.
"Feel my sting!"

Info

Targeting input	Unit
Target out-of-range override	Walk in range of the target
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Physical / Magic
Sub-type	Physical / Magic
Aggro	True
Aggro	True
Counters
Spell shield	Blocked
Spell shield	Blocked

Notes

• The target will not take Impale's secondary damage if the suppression is removed before the duration ends.
• If the target becomes untargetable, dies, Skarner loses sight of them, or they move 800 units away from him during the cast time, Impale cancels but does not go on  cooldown nor consume  mana.
• Spell shield will not block the root.
• Impale is special cased to end prematurely if the target is affected by Devour, both for an ally and enemy Tahm Kench or if Skarner is teleported by Realm Warp.
  • Impale will not end prematurely if Skarner enters resurrection.
• While Impale is active, and for the purposes of direction-conditioned abilities, (e.g. Petrifying Gaze, Mocking Shout) Skarner is considered to be facing in the direction he is moving and not the one his model is facing.
• Impale applies a small displacement to the target every 0.25 seconds whenever they are not close to Skarner. These displacements do not apply airborne and are not flagged as displacements, meaning that targets who are not immune to the suppression are also never immune to the displacement, either. As a consequence, displacement immunity fails to ignore this movement. See the table below.

Special interactions
The following dashes are interrupted and do not apply their 'on dash completion' effects (if they have one) when successfully impaled: Corki's Hextech Munitions Nocturne's Paranoia's recast Sett's The Show Stopper This ability attaches its target to Sett. Dragging him out will detach that unit from him. Shyvana's Dragon's Descent Yone's Soul Unbound (recast) Yone's very high dash speed makes it almost impossible to catch him during the dash. Skarner is required to be close enough to Yone and needs to have near-perfect timing with Impale's cast in order to successfully cancel the dash. If cast too early, the recast will be deferred to the end of Impale's duration, or if cast too late, Impale will be canceled as Yone is already too far away.
The following dashes are stopped likewise with the ones mentioned above, however, they do apply 'on dash completion' effects and when their dash is interrupted, the ability's effects are centered around their initial stopping point from Impale. Hecarim's Onslaught of Shadows Jarvan IV's Cataclysm The terrain that would usually be formed on impact is instead delayed until the forced movement of Impale ends. The displacement immunity is not removed. Malphite's Unstoppable Force
The following abilities do not have any special interactions with Impale other than being displaced during their cast. Illaoi's Leap of Faith Ornn's Bellows Breath The cast direction for this ability cannot be changed. Viego's Heartbreaker
Rek'Sai's Void Rush has two different outcomes: Impale is cast before the burrow into the ground: Rek'Sai will not vanish while she's being dragged and her ultimate goes on a 10-second  cooldown after a brief delay. The displacement immunity is not removed in this case however, which ends when the ability cancels. Impale is cast after the emergence: Rek'Sai's dash is interrupted.
Vi's Assault and Battery behaves differently in contrast to the previously noted examples due to its uniqueness. The dash is not interrupted and the displacement immunity is not removed. Vi will continue to march towards the target while simultaneously being displaced by Impale and dragged to Skarner. Once Impale ends, she is free of the displacement and will perform the ability as normal. Enemies that come into range of her are still affected by entering her path. The primary target is dealt the ability's final effects if they move into the respective range of Vi, thus performing the ability successfully in spite of Impale.
Camille's The Hextech Ultimatum is impractical to test, as it renders her untargetable instantly the moment it's activated, which will always cancel Impale's cast, regardless of the timing.
Kalista's Fate's Call is not possible to test due to the target being vanished, rendering them unable to be selected for unit-targeted abilities like Impale.

Patch history

See here for the complete patch history.

V11.4

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 580 from 601.
  • Health growth reduced to 85 from 90.

V11.1

• Stats
  • Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
  • Base health reduced to 601 from 601.28.

V10.23

• Stats
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 7.2 from 7.206.
  • Mana growth increased to 60 from 40.

V10.16

• Crystal Slash
  • Mana cost reduced to 10 from 15.
  • AD ratio increased to 20% AD from 15% AD.

V10.15

• Crystal Slash
  • AD ratio reduced to 15% AD at all ranks from 33 / 36 / 39 / 42 / 45% AD.
  • New Effect: Now deals 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3% of target's maximum health as additional physical damage, and 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3% of target's maximum health as additional magic damage while empowered.
  • Empowered ability duration increased to 5 seconds from 4.
  • Mana cost increased to 15 at all ranks from 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14.
• Fracture
  • Removed: Missile speed is no longer reduced for each subsequent enemy hit.

V9.7

• Battlecast Alpha Skarner
  • Bug Fix: Buffs aura now properly follow the model during certain animations.

V9.5

• Crystal Spires
  • Removed: Spires are no longer shown on the minimap.
  • Spire radius increased to 1600 units from 1150.
  • Red side spire has been moved to be in the vicinity of the Krug and Raptor camps.

V8.5

• Fracture
  • Stun duration reduced to 1.25 seconds from 1.5.

V8.4

• Fracture
  • Bug Fix: Now correctly stun targets afflicted by Fracture's Crystal Venom if they received the debuff in between when he began and initiated the attack.

V8.3

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration increased to 9 from 8.928.

V8.2

• Impale
  • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.

V8.1

• Stats
  • Base mana increased to 320 from 272.2.
• Fracture
  • Bonus physical damage increased to 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65.
  • Stun duration increased to 1.5 seconds from 1.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 65 from 57.156.
  • Base armor increased to 38 from 29.384.

V7.21

• Battlecast Alpha Skarner
  • Bug Fix: No longer incorrectly plays classic VO lines in addition to the correct ones.

V7.2

• General
  • Bug Fix: Guardian of the Sands Skarner no longer causes an insanely loud noise to play if certain actions were taken.

V5.24

• Fracture
  • Removed: Being able to hit up to 6 units.
• Impale
  • AD ratio reduced to 60% AD from 100% AD.

V5.18

• Crystal Spires
  • Bug Fix: Bonus movement speed and bonus attack speed scaling too quickly during early game.
• Fracture
  • Slow reduced to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65%.

V5.17

• Crystal Spires
  • Bonus movement speed changed to 70 − 120 (based on level) from 100 at all levels.
  • Bonus attack speed changed to 43 − 160 (based on level)% from 48 − 160 (based on level).
  • Per-second mana regen reduced to 2% maximum mana from 3%.
  • Bug Fix: Skarner gaining the bonuses despite target removing his disables.
  • Twisted Treeline
    • Spire positions changed to remove area of effect overlapping.

August 26th Hotfix

• Stats
  • Movement speed reduced to 335 from 345.
  • Attack damage reduced to 57.156 from 61.156.
• Crystalline Exoskeleton
  • Shield reduced to 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% maximum health from 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16%.
• Fracture
  • Cooldown increased to 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12 seconds from 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11.
  • Projectile damage reduced to 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 from 40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180.
  • Crystal Venom mark damage reduced to 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 from 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125.

V5.16 Gameplay Update

• General
  • Recommended items updated.
• Stats
  • Health growth reduced to 90 from 96.
  • Attack damage growth increased to 4.5 from 4.2.
  • Attack frame improved but scales less efficiently with attack speed (same as Kalista and Thresh)
• Crystal Spires (New Innate)
  • Skarner's presence causes a number of Crystals to spawn. Crystals can be captured indefinitely by standing on top of them (neutral zones are unable to be captured until 1:30) granting 15 or 30 split among contributors, giving sight over the area for 1.5 seconds, and preventing recapture by the opposing team for 15 seconds. Defending champions can stand on the Crystal to prevent capture.
  • While near captured Crystals or a Crystallized enemy, Skarner gains Crystal Charge, granting him 100 bonus movement speed and 48 − 160 (based on level)% bonus attack speed as well as regenerating 3% maximum mana per second.
• Crystal Slash
  • Physical damage changed to 33 / 36 / 39 / 42 / 45% AD from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 40% Bonus AD).
  • Magic damage changed to 33 / 36 / 39 / 42 / 45% AD (+ 20% AP) from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 20% AP).
  • Cooldown reduced to 3.5 / 3.25 / 3 / 2.75 / 2.5 seconds from 3.5 at all ranks.
  • Charge duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5.
  • On-hit cooldown reduction against non-champions reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5.
  • Mana cost reduced to 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 from 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20.
  • Removed: Stacking bonus movement speed and attack speed bonuses.
• Crystalline Exoskeleton
  • Base shield changed to 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16% maximum health from 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300.
• Fracture
  • New Passive - Crystalize: Enemies hit are afflicted with Crystal Venom for 5 seconds, causing Skarner's next basic attack against them to deal 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 bonus physical damage and stun them for 1 second.
  • Enemies afflicted with Crystal Venom's stun or Impale's suppression grant Skarner Crystal Charge as well as reduce Fracture's cooldown by each disable's respective duration.
  • New Effect: Projectile can hit up to 6 enemies but speed is reduced per hit landed
  • Mana cost changed to 55 at all ranks from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70.
  • Cooldown increased to 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11 seconds from 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10.
• Impale
  • Removed: Bonus magic damage to targets afflicted with Crystal Venom
  • Cooldown changed to 120 / 100 / 80 seconds from 110 / 100 / 90.
  • Mana cost reduced to 100 at all ranks from 100 / 125 / 150.
  • Base damage reduced to 20 / 60 / 100 from 100 / 150 / 200.
  • New Effect: Has a (+ 100% AD) ratio.

See also

League of Legends Portal | Champions