1Tank Engine
GoldOn takedown, gain a stack that increases your size and max Health. Lose stacks on death.
BARAM: Mayhem · Patch 16.20SkarnerARAM: Mayhem build
the Primordial Sovereign
- ARAM: Mayhem rank
- #88 / 173
- Top augment
- Tank Engine
Tier B
Celestial Body · Heavy Hitter
Skarner best augments
All augments →1
2Celestial Body
GoldGain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
3Heavy Hitter
SilverYour Attacks deal additional physical damage equal to 3.5% of your max Health.
4Steel Your Heart
GoldQUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300+ stacks. REWARD: Multiply your Heartsteel stacks by 3.
5Dropkick
PrismaticYour Attacks and Abilities execute low Health enemy champions, Knocking Back and causing an explosion while healing you.
6Goliath
PrismaticBecome large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
7Bolstered
SilverShields granted from are stronger and scaling with target's missing Health.
8Growth Spurt
GoldGain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies and granting max Health.
9Dawnbringer's Resolve
GoldWhen dropping below 50% Health, heal for 30% max Health over 3 seconds. Resets on death or every 45 seconds.
10Transmute: Prismatic
GoldGain a random 
Prismatic Augment.
Augment order comes from OP.GG. Runes, items and skill order below come from regular ARAM games on the same map.
Recommended Skarner build
Most played and most reliable choicesRunes
Spells
Skill priority
Q
W
EStart
Boots
Core
Skarner runes
49.9% WR45.1% pick8,556 games
Resolve
Precision
47.6% WR24.9% pick4,722 games
35.4% WR8.5% pick1,619 games
64.6% WR0.5% pick96 games
Skarner skill order
53.2% WR47.7% pick6,525 games
Q123456789101112131415W123456789101112131415E123456789101112131415
R123456789101112131415Skarner summoner spells
49.1% WR82.2% pick15,259 games
42.7% WR3.7% pick682 games
Power curve
Scales into the late game
47.8
50.6
51.3
45.5
83.3
Win rate (%) by game length in minutes. Dashed line = 50%.
Skarner items
First three completed items52.2%
9.5% · 1,279 games
45.1%
3.4% · 459 games
46.8%
3.3% · 451 games
50.8%
3.3% · 445 games
51.6%
3.2% · 436 games
Start46.0%
32.3% · 5,879 games
Start49.8%
12.4% · 2,261 games
Boots48.9%
67.0% · 10,710 games
Boots47.5%
30.7% · 4,900 games
Boots51.3%
1.2% · 195 games
Skarner situational items
How often each item ends up in the final buildHeartsteel76.4% · 48.2%Fimbulwinter43.5% · 50.6%Unending Despair41.7% · 49.0%
Thornmail37.8% · 46.7%
Kaenic Rookern27.8% · 50.2%
Warmog's Armor20.3% · 51.1%Tear of the Goddess14.5% · 43.9%
Spirit Visage12.9% · 54.3%
Bramble Vest10.8% · 46.7%
Jak'Sho, The Protean10.2% · 49.8%
Randuin's Omen9.4% · 48.1%
Frozen Heart6.0% · 49.0%
Hollow Radiance5.3% · 52.2%
Force of Nature3.7% · 48.9%
Sunfire Aegis3.0% · 45.6%
Winter's Approach2.2% · 40.8%Skarner abilities
PassiveThreads of Vibration
Skarner's Attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval, and Impale, apply Quaking. At max stacks of Quaking, enemies take max Health magic damage over its duration.
QShattered Earth / Upheaval
Skarner rips a boulder from the earth that empowers his attacks and can be thrown as a powerful projectile.
Cooldown: 8/6.75/5.5/4.25/3s · Cost: 30WSeismic Bastion
Skarner gains a shield and creates an earthquake whose shockwave damages and slows foes.
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6s · Cost: 60/65/70/75/80EIxtal's Impact
Skarner charges forward and passes through terrain. If he collides with a champion or large monster, he'll slam them into the next wall he hits to damage and stun them.
Cooldown: 22/21/20/19/18s · Cost: 50/55/60/65/70RImpale
Skarner's tails lash forward to suppress enemy champions. Once suppressed, the victims will be dragged along by Skarner as he moves around.
Cooldown: 120/105/90s · Cost: 100