Jungle · 80 games · KR

Skarner

Jungle · 40% of games Top · 11%Support · 49%

On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−755 gold), and still wins 53%.

Win rate: 52.5%; ±10.9 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #17 of 53
Pick rate: 1.2%; ban 0.2%
Games: 80; ranked solo/duo

Skarner jungle wins 52.5% of 80 ranked games in KR, rank 17 of 53 jungle champions (tier B). Most players finish Heartsteel first, at about 10:18.

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 10:20 · 95% · 72 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps 13:18 · 59% of games

Item 2

Unending Despair 18:11 · 85% · 39 games

Item 3

Spirit Visage 24:00 · 56% · 10 games

Item 4 · late game

Jak'Sho, The Protean 29:48 · 3 of 11 games

Runes

Grasp of the Undying · Resolve + Inspiration 49% of games · 51% wins All runes →

Start

Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion 38% of games · 50% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Smite 99% of games · 52% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Shattered Earth / Upheaval first 98% of games · 53% wins Skill orders →

When Skarner wins

Win rate by game length

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

Ends before 25′49% wins51% of games · 41

Lasts 25′ or more58% wins48% of games · 38

Enemy junglers

Good into Qiyana

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

What wins Skarner games

First Baron: 89% against 33%

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

First Baron 33% 89% +57

First tower 29% 83% +54

Rift Herald 37% 70% +33

First dragon 39% 67% +28

First blood 43% 70% +27

First Voidgrubs 43% 63% +20

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 solo kills, fewer multikills

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

Fewer solo kills a game0.4 against 1.0 · −56%

Fewer multikills a game0.39 against 0.78 · −50%

More assists a game10.5 against 7.4 · +42%

Less damage to towers1280 against 2075 · −38%

Less time spent dead4.0s against 5.3s a minute · −25%

About average: vision, kill participation.

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 ~10:18

Item 2done ~18:06

Item 3done ~23:24

Item 4done ~28:48

Most common full builds

Heartsteel › Plated Steelcaps › Unending Despair › Spirit Visage 60.0%10 games

Heartsteel › Unending Despair › Plated Steelcaps › Randuin's Omen 60.0%5 games

Heartsteel › Plated Steelcaps › Unending Despair › Thornmail 66.7%3 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

Bandlepipes 80%5

Unending Despair 43%7

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

Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion50.0%30

Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion55.0%20

Gustwalker Hatchling50.0%12

Boots

Plated Steelcaps ~13:1859.6%47

Mercury's Treads ~14:1257.9%19

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite51.9%79

Smite + Ignite100.0%1

Skills

Max

E52.6%78

Max

W50.0%2

Start

E53.4%73

Start

W60.0%5

Hard matchups

No clearly hard matchup yet

Easy matchups

Good into Qiyana

Every enemy jungler · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 2 of 2, still wins 2 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 (9)

Rengar 75% · 4

Sylas 50% · 4

Jarvan IV 25% · 4

Nidalee 50% · 4

Hecarim 100% · 3

Talon 67% · 3

Kha'Zix 100% · 3

Kindred 33% · 3

Viego 0% · 3

Skarner vs Lee Sin · 16 games · Early read

Skarner does better than expected here

56%winsexpected 52%

−286gold at 15′average −755

±0.0minions at 10′ahead or behind

13%in on first bloodsolo kills −0.69 a game

Gold lead against Lee Sin Skarner's average lead

Against Lee Sin, Skarner is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 53% of games, and still wins 63% of those. When ahead, Skarner wins 57%.

Ahead at 15′57% wins7 games

Behind at 15′63% wins8 games

Full Skarner vs Lee Sin page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

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 Nothing clear yet 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 1.6 times a game (average 2.1). 73% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 73% for the average jungler. 5% are fair 1-v-1s.

1.6deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.1)

73%involve the enemy junglerabout average (73%)

95%outnumbered (2+ enemies)more than average (88%)

45%with no teammate nearmore than average (40%)

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 your half of bot lane, collapsed on in their jungle

Enemy jungler: 16% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 21% in their jungle. 1-v-1s: 43% in their half of mid.

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 73% (avg 73%)Collapse 22% (avg 16%)1-v-1 5% (avg 12%)

Who gets the kill

Skarner Average

Bot laner 18% (avg 15%)Jungler 34% (avg 37%)Support 10% (avg 9%)Mid laner 34% (avg 26%)Top laner 3% (avg 12%)

Gank clock

Enemy jungler fights peak at 3:00 and 6:00, 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 their jungle

Before 14 minutes: 3.2 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 1.1 in their jungle. Overall 1.5 kills per death.

Their half of bot lane 3.2 K/D 42 / 13

Your half of bot lane 1.8 K/D 30 / 17

Their jungle 1.1 K/D 18 / 17

The bot-side river 1.1 K/D 18 / 16

Your half of top lane 1.2 K/D 17 / 14

Your half of mid 1.0 K/D 14 / 14

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 dragonsWorth knowingNear 74% of their team's dragon takes (average jungler 70%). The team wins 71% when Skarner is there and 76% when not.

Skarner

What most Skarner players run

Win rate by game length

Good into Qiyana

First Baron: 89% against 33%

Fewer solo kills, fewer multikills

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

No clearly hard matchup yet

Good into Qiyana

Behind at 15 against 2 of 2, still wins 2 of them

Skarner does better than expected here

Skarner does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Skarner's games

Dies less than most junglers

Killed by the enemy jungler in your half of bot lane, collapsed on in their jungle

What kills Skarner

Enemy jungler fights peak at 3:00 and 6:00, then every minute

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

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

Where fights happen