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26.22 (latest)Emerald+ Tank · Fighter · #55/66

The core Skarner build is Heartsteel, Winter's Approach and Unending Despair.

Win Rate−1.3 pts vs average (50.3 %)
49.0 %
Pick Rate
0.1 %
Ban Rate
0.3 %
Games
2K
KDA
2.12

Win Rate: −1.3 pts vs average (50.3 %)

Core build

Item 1 Heartsteel 47.1 % WR (−1.9) 1,050 games
Item 2 Winter's Approach 52.6 % WR (+3.6) 1,343 games
Item 3 Unending Despair 53.4 % WR (+4.4) 576 games
4th item
Thornmail too few games 67 games
Spirit Visage too few games 64 games
Randuin's Omen too few games 51 games
5th item
Thornmail too few games 22 games
Jak'Sho, The Protean too few games 14 games

Win rate per item counts every game it was bought in. Items bought late (4th to 6th) read higher partly because players who got that far were often ahead already, not only because of the item.

Item combinations by build stage

Share of games that built exactly these items first, win rate from 100 games.

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Heartsteel + Winter's Approach20.7 %51.8 %441
Winter's Approach + Titanic Hydra10.1 %48.0 %216
Heartsteel + Titanic Hydra6.0 %48.1 %128
Winter's Approach + Hollow Radiance4.9 %56.3 %103
Sunfire Aegis + Winter's Approach4.2 %too few games89
Unending Despair + Winter's Approach3.8 %too few games82
Unending Despair + Heartsteel3.8 %too few games81
Heartsteel + Hollow Radiance2.3 %too few games49

Starting item & boots

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Doran's ShieldStart44.0 %48.7 %1,102
Doran's HelmStart26.7 %49.5 %668
Tear of the GoddessStart12.5 %49.3 %312
Doran's BladeStart9.8 %50.6 %244
Plated SteelcapsBoots52.3 %47.0 % (−2.0)1,309
Mercury's TreadsBoots27.7 %54.1 % (+5.1)693
Ionian Boots of LucidityBoots4.8 %53.3 %121
Boots of SwiftnessBoots4.7 %53.2 %118

Starting items and boots: shares of the 2,502 newest games with an item timeline.

Early order

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Doran's Shield › Tear of the Goddess › Ruby Crystal › Giant's Belt4.0 %48.4 %100
Doran's Shield › Tear of the Goddess › Cloth Armor › Bramble Vest1.7 %50.3 %42
Doran's Helm › Tear of the Goddess › Ruby Crystal › Giant's Belt1.7 %45.7 %42
from the 2,502 latest games with an item timeline

Summoner spells

Summoner spellsPick RateWin RateGames
Teleport + Flash63.1 %47.9 % (−1.1)1,319
Flash + Ignite31.8 %50.2 % (+1.2)665
Exhaust + Flash3.0 %52.6 %63
Flash + Ghost2.1 %56.3 %44

Skill order

Skill orderPick RateWin RateGames
Q › W › E89.3 %49.3 %1,948
Q › E › W8.2 %50.0 %178
W › Q › E2.5 %36.4 %55

Build variants

BuildPick RateWin RateGames
Heartsteel › Winter's Approach17.6 %51.8 %441
Titanic Hydra › Winter's Approach8.6 %48.0 %216
Heartsteel › Titanic Hydra5.1 %48.1 %128

Win rates are colored only when they are at least 1 point above or below Skarner's average (49.0 %) and based on 500 or more games.

From ranked games ggez.gg collected through the Riot API.