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gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
February 13 2014 06:00 GMT
#601
i just can't think of a worse skill in the game right now than skarner's E. it's sooooo pointlessly weak, yet so core to anything he does. i would have it start at 60% and scale up or start at 80% and have increased slow duration per level or something. since you only get 1, it needs to basically be a stun to be worth it
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35160 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-13 06:20:05
February 13 2014 06:19 GMT
#602
On February 13 2014 15:00 gtrsrs wrote:
i just can't think of a worse skill in the game right now than skarner's E. it's sooooo pointlessly weak, yet so core to anything he does. i would have it start at 60% and scale up or start at 80% and have increased slow duration per level or something. since you only get 1, it needs to basically be a stun to be worth it

Frost shot. Shit is garbage without ranks, required, and maxed second.
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-13 06:24:16
February 13 2014 06:20 GMT
#603
On February 13 2014 15:00 gtrsrs wrote:
i just can't think of a worse skill in the game right now than skarner's E. it's sooooo pointlessly weak, yet so core to anything he does. i would have it start at 60% and scale up or start at 80% and have increased slow duration per level or something. since you only get 1, it needs to basically be a stun to be worth it


Yeah, kind of how i feel too.

I really think it should be way longer or a hard CC.

Just played a few ranked games (ie, games against people not 600+ elo below me) and wow, that was kind of... meh. One game I was huge early, we won like 20 minutes. Other game I just felt useless despite being uber farmed... did less damage than the support.

Just felt like it impossible to stick to anything come late game. Coulda been a comp thing tho. My team was Shy, Skarner, Zed, Annie, Draven and they were Nami, Lucian, Gragas, Mundo, and Jax.

I'll say this, ganking pre-6 on new Skarner is a waste of time. Dont do it.
Steins;Gate
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
1422 Posts
February 13 2014 06:29 GMT
#604
pre-6 ganking on skarner was always a waste of time
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iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
February 13 2014 06:41 GMT
#605
On February 13 2014 15:29 Steins;Gate wrote:
pre-6 ganking on skarner was always a waste of time

Not necessarily.

If someone was in the middle of top lane they were pretty much dead from the perma-slow. Now if they in the middle of top lane they look worried for two seconds then get away.

Even ideal "free kill" ganks have minimal at best chance of success unless laner has strong cc.
ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-13 06:47:52
February 13 2014 06:43 GMT
#606
Saw Meteos playing AP Skarner in the jungle and he was stupid strong lategame. His shield is all the tankiness you need, and his sustained DPS is pretty ridiculous.

EDIT: not ridiculous, but still very very strong
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iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
February 13 2014 06:51 GMT
#607
On February 13 2014 15:43 ticklishmusic wrote:
Saw Meteos playing AP Skarner in the jungle and he was stupid strong lategame. His shield is all the tankiness you need, and his sustained DPS is pretty ridiculous.

EDIT: not ridiculous, but still very very strong


Out of curiosity, what he say about new Skarner? He was probably the best scorpion player in the world.
JazzVortical
Profile Joined July 2013
Australia1825 Posts
February 13 2014 07:35 GMT
#608
Wouldn't tri-force help the stickiness problem a bit? Stats all fit well on him, gets procs easily and has really high base AD.
Kinie
Profile Joined December 2011
United States3106 Posts
February 13 2014 07:40 GMT
#609
On February 13 2014 16:35 JazzVortical wrote:
Wouldn't tri-force help the stickiness problem a bit? Stats all fit well on him, gets procs easily and has really high base AD.


Meteos did do a game with Triforce, it seemed ok, but the problem there was lack of damage to the target he was hitting once he got to the backline. Though in that game he went tanky (Randuins, BV, Golem, etc.)
VayneAuthority
Profile Joined October 2012
United States8983 Posts
February 13 2014 07:48 GMT
#610
there is a guy named "last skarner NA" that plays him pretty high elo on solo q and is doing fine with him. AP seems to be the way to go. Gauntlet/tanky/some AP. meh.
I come in for the scraps
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
February 13 2014 08:00 GMT
#611
On February 13 2014 16:35 JazzVortical wrote:
Wouldn't tri-force help the stickiness problem a bit? Stats all fit well on him, gets procs easily and has really high base AD.

IMO IBG is a better choice.
more AP, which he does well with, more tank stats, and mana he needs pretty badly.
liftlift > tsm
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35160 Posts
February 13 2014 08:31 GMT
#612
So, I've been in queue for 14minutes+. I haven't played enough games to get back into silver for this season.

Clearly Riot is telling me that I'm pro and in elo hell.
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
February 13 2014 08:34 GMT
#613
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35160 Posts
February 13 2014 08:36 GMT
#614
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YouGotNothin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States907 Posts
February 13 2014 08:39 GMT
#615
Would Nashor's be decent on Skarner? He can certainly use all of the stats it provides quite well. I could see like SotA -> IBG -> BV -> Sunfire/Randuins -> Nashors or some order like that being a pretty sweet combo of items on him: Max CDR, lots of tank and a decent bit of damage in there too.
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739
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29903 Posts
February 13 2014 08:42 GMT
#616
Servers are fcked up once again. Seems like EUW and NA are both being investigated. Jesus, this happens every fucking day on EUW.
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Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-13 08:54:55
February 13 2014 08:42 GMT
#617
On February 13 2014 17:00 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2014 16:35 JazzVortical wrote:
Wouldn't tri-force help the stickiness problem a bit? Stats all fit well on him, gets procs easily and has really high base AD.

IMO IBG is a better choice.
more AP, which he does well with, more tank stats, and mana he needs pretty badly.

Both are fine IMO. Incoming gold should really be your only marker for deciding which to get. IBG is great because of the synergy with his passive/shield, triforce because he uses every single stat there, and either way he can pretty much get a sheen proc every second or third auto.

On February 13 2014 17:39 YouGotNothin wrote:
Would Nashor's be decent on Skarner? He can certainly use all of the stats it provides quite well. I could see like SotA -> IBG -> BV -> Sunfire/Randuins -> Nashors or some order like that being a pretty sweet combo of items on him: Max CDR, lots of tank and a decent bit of damage in there too.

I don't think so. first 2 items are fine, but SV is almost always going to be better than BV, and randuins+IBG is not enough armor to really survive past 30 or 40 minutes. I'd almost always reserve it for a GA or Thornmail if I could. Nashor's just doesn't provide enough to justify the item slot because lategame skarner is less so initiation/DPS and more peel/facetanking shit because of his low CD shield, and slowly attritioning champs down.
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wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-13 09:05:30
February 13 2014 09:03 GMT
#618
On February 13 2014 17:39 YouGotNothin wrote:
Would Nashor's be decent on Skarner? He can certainly use all of the stats it provides quite well. I could see like SotA -> IBG -> BV -> Sunfire/Randuins -> Nashors or some order like that being a pretty sweet combo of items on him: Max CDR, lots of tank and a decent bit of damage in there too.

I don't think Skarner auto attacks enough in a teamfight to warrant the building of nashors.
When thinking about builds, you have to think about, if I had a choice of all the remaining items to replace this item, would I? and considering how Skarner is played, I would definitely rather have another item in there.

also, zhonya's skarner for ultimate swag btw. Go in, pretend to ulti, pop zhonya's instead, bait out 3 ultis, chase enemy scum down with no longer any fear of getting blown up.
liftlift > tsm
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35160 Posts
February 13 2014 09:20 GMT
#619
How is ghostblade on skarner? I've heard people complain that the loss of Reverie hurts him and the active seems like, to me, the best replacement.

Note: I do not play Skarner, never have, and have no intention to atm. Just asking in case it's something worth passing on.
739
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29903 Posts
February 13 2014 09:21 GMT
#620
Does anyone have contacts to teams/management of team that are currently looking for new staff members as newswriters/social media etc?
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