Jungle · 171 games · EUW

Skarner

Jungle · 93% of games

Strongest when games end at 20–25 minutes (53%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−621 gold).

Win rate: 49.7%; ±7.5 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #31 of 65
Pick rate: 2.6%; ban 0.5%
Games: 171; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

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Skarner jungle wins 49.7% of 171 ranked games in EUW, rank 31 of 65 jungle champions (tier B). Most players finish Heartsteel first, at about 10:00.

The build at a glance

What most Skarner players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Heartsteel 10:08 · 75% · 121 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps 13:12 · 56% of games

Item 2

Unending Despair 17:56 · 73% · 77 games

Item 3

Spirit Visage 24:03 · 46% · 23 games

Item 4 · late game

Randuin's Omen 30:48 · 9 of 46 games

Runes

Grasp of the Undying · Resolve + Inspiration 50% of games · 53% wins All runes →

Start

Scorchclaw Pup 63% of games · 49% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Smite 100% of games · 50% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Shattered Earth / Upheaval first 96% of games · 50% wins Skill orders →

When Skarner wins

Best when games end at 20–25′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′53% wins30% of games · 51

Lasts 25′ or more49% wins67% of games · 114

Enemy junglers

Watch out for Lee Sin

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Skarner games

First Baron: 78% against 27%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 27% 78% +50

First tower 36% 64% +27

First dragon 37% 62% +25

First blood 42% 58% +16

Rift Herald 45% 56% +11

First Voidgrubs 47% 52% +5

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Skarner plays

Fewer multikills, more assists

What stands out (10% or more) against the average jungler. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer multikills a game0.33 against 0.82 · −60%

More assists a game10.8 against 7.7 · +41%

Fewer solo kills a game0.7 against 1.2 · −38%

Less damage to towers1561 against 2508 · −38%

More control wards a game1.76 against 1.35 · +30%

About average: kill participation, damage.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~10:00

Item 2done ~17:48

Item 3done ~23:36

Item 4done ~29:48

Most common full builds

Heartsteel › Plated Steelcaps › Unending Despair › Spirit Visage 42.1%19 games

Heartsteel › Plated Steelcaps › Unending Despair › Randuin's Omen 70.0%10 games

Heartsteel › Plated Steelcaps › Unending Despair › Frozen Heart 60.0%5 games

Heartsteel › Unending Despair › Plated Steelcaps › Protoplasm Harness 40.0%5 games

Trinity Force › Sundered Sky › Randuin's Omen › Plated Steelcaps 60.0%5 games

Heartsteel › Plated Steelcaps › Unending Despair › Thornmail 75.0%4 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Protoplasm Harness 83%6

Bandlepipes 60%5

Randuin's Omen 60%5

Spirit Visage 47%19

Unending Despair 39%31

Kaenic Rookern 33%6

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup49.1%108

Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion53.7%41

Mosstomper Seedling15.4%13

Boots

Plated Steelcaps ~13:1257.9%95

Mercury's Treads ~14:3038.9%54

Boots of Swiftness ~14:3660.0%5

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite49.7%171

Skills

Max

E50.3%165

Max

W20.0%5

Start

E49.7%157

Start

W71.4%7

Hard matchups

Watch out for Lee Sin

Easy matchups

Good into Jarvan IV, Talon, Qiyana

Every enemy jungler · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 4 of 4, still wins 3 of them

Expected: what Skarner's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (20)

Graves 75% · 8

Kha'Zix 38% · 8

Diana 29% · 7

Lillia 43% · 7

Shaco 17% · 6

Vi 67% · 6

Sylas 33% · 6

Bel'Veth 25% · 4

Rengar 50% · 4

Kayn 75% · 4

Taliyah 50% · 4

Rek'Sai 25% · 4

Shyvana 33% · 3

Zac 67% · 3

Naafiri 67% · 3

Xin Zhao 33% · 3

Master Yi 33% · 3

Viego 0% · 3

Kindred 67% · 3

Hecarim 100% · 3

Skarner vs Talon · 12 games · Early read

Skarner does better than expected here

58%winsexpected 50%

−786gold at 15′average −621

−3.8minions at 10′ahead or behind

0%in on first bloodsolo kills −0.75 a game

Gold lead against Talon Skarner's average lead

Against Talon, Skarner is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 82% of games, and still wins 44% of those. When ahead, Skarner wins 100%.

Ahead at 15′100% wins2 games

Behind at 15′44% wins9 games

Full Skarner vs Talon page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies that cost Skarner games: Thresh

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble

Thresh40% · exp. 47% −715 games

Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies less than most junglers

Before 14 minutes Skarner dies 1.7 times a game (average 1.9). 74% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 72% for the average jungler. 9% are fair 1-v-1s.

1.7deaths per game before 14′less than average (1.9)

74%involve the enemy junglerabout average (72%)

91%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (89%)

33%with no teammate nearless than average (39%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Enemy jungler: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Skarner dies before 14 minutes

Killed by the enemy jungler in the bot-side river, collapsed on in your half of bot lane

Enemy jungler: 17% in the bot-side river. Collapses: 22% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 39% in their half of top lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average jungler

What kills Skarner

Kind of death

Skarner Average

Enemy jungler 74% (avg 72%)Collapse 17% (avg 17%)1-v-1 9% (avg 11%)

Who gets the kill

Skarner Average

Bot laner 17% (avg 15%)Jungler 33% (avg 37%)Support 8% (avg 9%)Mid laner 31% (avg 27%)Top laner 11% (avg 12%)

Gank clock

Enemy jungler fights peak at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 8:00–10:00, then every minute

Skarner Peak Average jungler

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Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Skarner; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Skarner wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your jungle

Before 14 minutes: 2.3 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.6 in your jungle. Overall 1.4 kills per death.

Their half of bot lane 2.3 K/D 81 / 35

The bot-side river 0.9 K/D 42 / 48

Their half of top lane 1.9 K/D 53 / 28

Your half of bot lane 1.3 K/D 44 / 35

Your jungle 0.6 K/D 23 / 40

Their jungle 1.2 K/D 34 / 29

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Skarner wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 69% of their team's dragon takes (average jungler 69%). The team wins 69% when Skarner is there and 66% when not.

Skarner

What most Skarner players run

Best when games end at 20–25′

Watch out for Lee Sin

First Baron: 78% against 27%

Fewer multikills, more assists

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Lee Sin

Good into Jarvan IV, Talon, Qiyana

Behind at 15 against 4 of 4, still wins 3 of them

Skarner does better than expected here

Skarner does better than expected here

Skarner does better than expected here

Skarner does worse than expected here

Enemies that cost Skarner games: Thresh

Teammates that change Skarner's games

Dies less than most junglers

Killed by the enemy jungler in the bot-side river, collapsed on in your half of bot lane

What kills Skarner

Enemy jungler fights peak at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 8:00–10:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your jungle

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your jungle

Wins fights in the bot-side river, loses them in your half of mid