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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On August 28 2012 01:17 zulu_nation8 wrote: this question has been bothering me for a while now, do you smartcast skarner's ult? I'm pretty sure not doing it has made me miss out on 3-4 kills yesterday alone but might be just bad. I smartcast everything ever. I just feel so clunky doing a normal cast anymore. | ||
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
On August 28 2012 01:17 zulu_nation8 wrote: this question has been bothering me for a while now, do you smartcast skarner's ult? I'm pretty sure not doing it has made me miss out on 3-4 kills yesterday alone but might be just bad. Yes, you should smartcast absolutely everything including Veigar stun, Ashe arrow and Trundle pillar. If you play a champion about 5 times you should have enough experience to have decent accuracy, and any loss in that is far outweighted by the speed with which you can cast things. | ||
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Xevious
United States2086 Posts
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Lmui
Canada6216 Posts
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koreasilver
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
Also scip what do you think of this build? I just carried my team in solo queue with it and got my new high rating ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/7lzOl.jpg) | ||
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + If you are grinding rankeds on your 1200 elo smurf, that is. | ||
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gtrsrs
United States9109 Posts
it's like, come at me bro, i do %-max health damage AND have infinite cc it's really the answer to all his problems | ||
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Plague1503
Croatia466 Posts
On September 11 2012 13:24 gtrsrs wrote: skarner is so versatile that i've rushed mbr on him and crushed it's like, come at me bro, i do %-max health damage AND have infinite cc it's really the answer to all his problems True, since I started playing Skarner I'm having trouble forcing myself to use any other jungler (except Udyr, I can always play Udyr :D ) as he is just so good at everything (except his mana costs, but that can be solved by using a hybrid mastery page like Skarnold's or having a manaless/non-blue hungry mid so you can hog the buff all the time) | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On September 05 2012 15:50 koreasilver wrote: You don't have to smartcast. There are plenty of top tier players that don't use smartcast ever. I personally think it's completely champion and skill design dependent. Like for Ryze you would obviously use smartcast, and same with Cass' E. Smash keeps Pantheon Q on smartcast but he seems to always keep E and R on normal, and when he does need to smartcast E he uses ~. Froggen never uses smartcast, and in an interview he once said he just doesn't like it. Dyrus for a while didn't use smartcast at all either. I tend to just smartcast everything but turn on the smartcast range indicator so that if I'm not 100% sure at a given moment I can just hold down the button, get the range and then let go of it. I'm surprised I don't see more people doing this, it gives you the option to cast quickly if you're comfortable to at that moment or to take your time should you need to. Or maybe I'm just bad ;( | ||
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Xevious
United States2086 Posts
On September 11 2012 04:12 Scip wrote: If you are grinding rankeds on your 1200 elo smurf, that is. saw that coming | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
All my Skarner games from 2k up including some games in the highest elo bracket, wins and losses included. I can answer any questions regarding specific games. 15 games total. The pack includes a 3-4 games straight series vs rainbow thugs. | ||
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Sandster
United States4054 Posts
On September 11 2012 20:02 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote: I tend to just smartcast everything but turn on the smartcast range indicator so that if I'm not 100% sure at a given moment I can just hold down the button, get the range and then let go of it. I'm surprised I don't see more people doing this, it gives you the option to cast quickly if you're comfortable to at that moment or to take your time should you need to. Or maybe I'm just bad ;( I agree with this. I just turned on smartcast last week (previously used to shift-smartcast, which is clunkier). The range indicators are very important to me and you can always cancel by just moving. With the option to see range indicator I don't see the reason to ever not smartcast. The question is do you use smartcast+selfcast (i.e. if you press E on morgana it automatically shields yourself, unless you have your cursor over an ally). It's very nice for people with less than godlike reaction speed. Smartcast certainly isn't necessary for Skarner though. | ||
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
Things that need to be tested: Skarner ultimate vs. Flash and all jumps, (jax, irelia, lee sin, shyvana, everything) Skarner ultimate vs. repositioning skills (janna, blitzcrank, alistar, everything) 1 level in E early jungle 1 level in W 2nd max E jungle Things that need to be theorycrafted: Item build changes? I think not but maybe. CDR is going to be less valuable we know that much. When to pick Skarner? Does he still have a niche or is he completely outclassed. New counterpicks and best teammates. | ||
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nyxnyxnyx
Indonesia2978 Posts
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Xevious
United States2086 Posts
only viable build will be pure tank/damage absorption (aegis+randuin/FoN) to compensate for the lost tankiness from w cd (this goes for competitive play, you can still go triforce gunblade or my normal build at 1200 elo). shurelia's rush probably not as good since pure tank stats more important than utility, also more risky to initiate with shurelia's because of ult change -.- getting e might be worth it but i don't think so because then your already nerfed w will be even shittier. i doubt making a shittier spell shittier in exchange for another shitty spell is the right option. | ||
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Don_Julio
2220 Posts
I'd really like to pick up Skarner. Played him when he was free2play the last time and doing so again at the moment. Now I'm close to have enough IP to get him. I have a lot of fun and feel that i can carry my teams with him. The patch isn't live on EU yet so I guess I have to wait and find out if there's any significant difference for me tomorrow. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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Eladir
Greece467 Posts
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
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