Important: every CC duration reduces the E cooldown by the same amount of time, for example: E has 10 secs CD and stuns the enemy for 1.25 secs, R supress the enemy for another 1.75 secs. If you hit E, auto 2 or 3 minions then R - auto you will have the E again before the enemy can react.
@@gabrieltull3585 it is my fav URF champ. You are the cc king. you go to 1v1 someone and you keep them perma cced for the full fight. if they have tenacity they might get to act for like .25 sec every now and then but that it's. They don't get to play the game, only you get to play the game.
@@valernemeth3963 wowowow, uff I really respect Skarner otps, the champion has really cool interactions and can be used in many ways if you have fully understand them. Aurelion main here 😎🙌.
Man, I really love your videos! Whenever you post a video I am guaranteed to see that champion at least 60% of the time in my games, ranked or normals, and it's almost guaranteed that they'll feed because they're simply not good enough to make it work and usually make it a free win. Or lose, if they're on my team. Seriously, keep up the good work. The level of influence you have in the game is incredible.
There are 2 ways to play Skarner. the first is this way: just build tank, and heavy cc chain for your team. The other way is to have just enough damage to kill most champions within the standard stun chain and find picks. Ive seen both done in high elo, though not specifically in Korea.
you probably played the paper dmg meta build, back when it had 90% ad ratio you could delete everyone near if you (if you didn't die by building so much ad but that was the price for being a chad), right now it scales with enemy hp so by midgame you deal somewhat good dmg, also try triforce/sunderer if you haven't already the sheen damage is pretty nuts
At 2:59, Jayce has a much larger chance of surviving if he doesn't press his Hammer form W. That procc'd the tower. It's still likely that he dies, if Skarner everfrosts him & the last remaining blue minion.
As a Skarner toplane One trick for about 2 years, you will have alot of fun doing it! But alot of... not so fun times again certain meta champs... Jax, Trynd, Olaf and fiora shits on him (Jax and fiora is winnable but very onesided), Camille is also on the harder side but also winnable, But you will always be fighting an uphill battle. But best of luck my fellow Skar skar! Hope you find it as fun as i have
Everyone should learn that solo lanes are you against enemy laner and enemy jungler or supp, if you think is a must that ur jungler needs to help you is wrong, he needs to do drakes and herald, game just allow him to help you but it's not a must
I played against this before. It is the most boring and tilting thing in existence. Its basically you and skarner farming the whole lane phase under his tower, he will never fight you no matter what, but if you try to fight him he just does that thing and stuns you under tower. Lane phase feels more like you vs the enemy turret.
I just used skarner top 3 times yesterday.. all won... you're true this is the most tilting strategy i've ever used not even teemo will irritate your enemies to that point... 10/10 would recommend
I tried this, skarner has like no damage on his own like it's kinda sad considering how much damage tanks can do nowadays he either waits for the jungler or the turret there just is no other option .
@@joebazooka5679 yeah but after the 2 items you go full tank and the late works kinda fine for him (i mean you can tank a lot), i would say after laning phase the rest is on your team shoulder, you'll never 1v1 someone
The difference between this skarner in Korean challenger and literally anyone else is… The teammates in Korean challenger understand this Skarners strategy and will actively play around his lane. Meanwhile at other ranks it’s a coinflip
chances are high that they have no idea what the fuck skarner is doing. But they are responsive players that look at the map and the available info and respond accordingly. This would probably work fine in low elo too. yeah youd get less help but also less resistance so
@@jayjaygolden5123 In high Elo Kr solo queue players could know eachother because they play against eachother all the time. If this guy truly one tricked skarner to challenger you’d bet he’s played with the same people. And they can comp around him. Anywhere else you’d probably never get ganks which is basically what this whole strategy is about. It would be like playing a support mid and never having your jungler with you to get value.
@@theoverlord8207 if he onetricked it to challenger that means hes not been in challenger for the qhole journey. I think in lower elos you can get way more tower baits off, and need to adapt to that reality.
@@jayjaygolden5123 bro the season just started. Even Koreans who were challenger last season would have to play some games in masters/GM to get back up to challenger
@@jayjaygolden5123 the difference is huge when you think of it like “oh this is the skarner top that plays well” versus “oh my fucking god a skarner top? What am I supposed to do”
I used to go AP tank Skarner with rod of ages and liandrys but I stopped because it sucked and went to bruiser Skarner. I think they added more AP ratios to him though so it might be more viable nowadays.
this is my go to skarner build! except I take electrocute. That lets you choose between bursting down a priority target or locking down a frontliner in team fights
I think in KR challenger he 100% needs glacial (I've seen some people take Phase Rush to zoom zoom during his R) to catch up to enemies who will react very quickly once they get hit by his E.
@@midasvijfwinkel6116 glacial is good for teamfights but its better in lane. If a bruiser collapse on you, you stun and with glacial you will always live. It also secures kills under your tower and jng ganks
As a Skarner main, I looked at Skarner top and thought maybe it sucked but never tried it. After watching the video of it in action I think I will try it out lol.
After the conversion of Cooldown to Ability Haste, I have difficulty playing Skarner in the top lane. Now I'm getting back to my main giant crystal scorpion 🦂.
i used to do skarner top with the wackiest builds like 5 kindlegems into shurelyas and everything I can build out of kindlegems, then I stopped playing skarner coz started doing the chemtank build and that got boring, but this video has made me realise there can be more fun to be had with skarner top, so on that note, I guess I'm going to be playing skarner top again but with everfrost this time
thank you for showing everyone my favorite skarner build and playstyle q.q its easy to avoid dying to skarner if you know what he can do... so dont just tell everyone!
Ive played a good amount of Skarner top, pulling enemies into my tower lol... I always found the most success with Grasp, building like an AD fighter with CDR. The builds surely changed by now, but I would recommend something like Divine sunderer into a CDR tank item.
If I ever E through a wave and hit the enemy aswell, I auto all the minions between them before autoing them, that way my e is back up after their stun duration.
And now I stand in horror as the int Sion that I dragged under tower makes me lose half of my HP before he dies and then proceeds to kill me with his passive
i dont really get the everfrost buy, you can already cc with skarner using his e r e stun for long enough that nobody survives, why would you lose the tankiness of a better mythic just for a lil bit more cc, since the etxra shield through more mana for fimblewinter would never be enough to make up for the difference?
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tahm already does this, but has better shields, more utility and more damage, its sad that riot keeps ignoring skarner because theres no reason to play him at all
the thing with outdated champ is ... they are really fun and challenging to play and master . when new champ, yeah there is a learning curve but if one person keep getting success in anything you do will you learn anything at all ? it become really boring and lame . then why there are so many peep abuse those champ ? ego . some play not to have fun , improve . they get high rank to boost their ego .
most champs with uncounterable hard cc have that problem - old Warwick, old galio, annie, skarner and the other ones like malz and tf are a bit more popular.
It's unfortunately how the community works. If faker or lots of pro's haven't done it, it's bad/trolling. (even though pro's are human and can't discover literally everything about everything, as they are busy refining their skills on what they already know) Which is why you got to do it anyway. As you're thinking outside the box, you're already mentally better than most low elo players, all you need is the 200 games of practice to understand how it works.
Only vs brainless enemies which would get hooked. Blitz q isnt that hard to dodge neither easy to land. Can be blocked by minions as well. Besides that skarner has longer cc. Blitz ult is just a silence
Yep but you can't kill him without any damage anyways. Even if you grab him under tower, he won't ult inmediately at all, he would ult when his health is low, that would be most of the duration of the CC, and he can R during CC btw. Also he would most likely have some form of tenacity. After the CC ends he would just E away the turret anyways, you just can kill him but he can easili kill you if you over extend even if just a bit. And it's probably gonna happen eventually since after the wave crash, it will push towards him and he can freeze in a safe spot.
* Rare footages of skarner literally existing *
What? I thought it was the new 2023 champion, I am so confused right now....
@@rsho3472 skarner is getting a rework, showing how little he is played, hence OPs comment
@@fauxpas4589 he was joking.
@@fauxpas4589 🤭
Funnily enough, that’s lore accurate.
Important: every CC duration reduces the E cooldown by the same amount of time, for example: E has 10 secs CD and stuns the enemy for 1.25 secs, R supress the enemy for another 1.75 secs.
If you hit E, auto 2 or 3 minions then R - auto you will have the E again before the enemy can react.
Yeah, imagine that in urf. Literal Perma cc
@@gabrieltull3585 it is, especially with lethal tempo. Still i prefer conq on urf
Good to know. Ty ty
the duration reduces of E only work with E's stun proc and your R, not with everfrost
@@gabrieltull3585 it is my fav URF champ. You are the cc king. you go to 1v1 someone and you keep them perma cced for the full fight. if they have tenacity they might get to act for like .25 sec every now and then but that it's. They don't get to play the game, only you get to play the game.
Mann, who would had thought Skarner could be so strong in a side lane. Thanks for the videoo!
It has been strong a while, my brother is one tricking it☺️
@@valernemeth3963 wowowow, uff I really respect Skarner otps, the champion has really cool interactions and can be used in many ways if you have fully understand them. Aurelion main here 😎🙌.
this is known since like 2 years just way to boring to play xD
@@SageHorizon99 Im an Asol main aswell,these out of the odinary old need to be reworked champs are too good
Since his last rework he is super weak, its just baiting enemies into permastunning them to death under tower. Ik cuz i play skarner
Man, I really love your videos! Whenever you post a video I am guaranteed to see that champion at least 60% of the time in my games, ranked or normals, and it's almost guaranteed that they'll feed because they're simply not good enough to make it work and usually make it a free win. Or lose, if they're on my team.
Seriously, keep up the good work. The level of influence you have in the game is incredible.
dang this new champ seems op lul. hope his kind doesnt go nearly extinct turning into some kind of hovering board
bro hes not new xd
xd bruh u dont get it
@@toppubg347 op new champ + ratio
@@toppubg347 the joke is on you
@@toppubg347 always the idiots who say xd
Hey Dobby, just wanted to thank you for all the content! Much love :)
There are 2 ways to play Skarner. the first is this way: just build tank, and heavy cc chain for your team. The other way is to have just enough damage to kill most champions within the standard stun chain and find picks. Ive seen both done in high elo, though not specifically in Korea.
I tried skarner once, I saw that his q deal less than asol passive.
I never played it again
its the auto that makes damage when u land E+Q
Yea it's not really a damage ability.
It was intended to proc Sheen passive.
I think it's for the jungle camps too
you probably played the paper dmg meta build, back when it had 90% ad ratio you could delete everyone near if you (if you didn't die by building so much ad but that was the price for being a chad), right now it scales with enemy hp so by midgame you deal somewhat good dmg, also try triforce/sunderer if you haven't already the sheen damage is pretty nuts
At 2:59, Jayce has a much larger chance of surviving if he doesn't press his Hammer form W. That procc'd the tower. It's still likely that he dies, if Skarner everfrosts him & the last remaining blue minion.
Minions would still die and he would be dead anyway
he dies any way, no minions under the tower
The enemy minions were almost dead, it woulda targeted anyway
The productivity of your videos are super high. Great work dobby
production*
I don't want to be that guy but, as a Skarner main, this makes me want to try this on top lane. I hope my jungler knows that top exist
As a main top, spoiler : No
What is top ? ( As a jungle main )
what is skarner? (as an iron player)
The only time your jungler will gank is either he is getting chassed and about to die and give a kill or give the morde a double kill,you chose :D
As a Skarner toplane One trick for about 2 years, you will have alot of fun doing it! But alot of... not so fun times again certain meta champs... Jax, Trynd, Olaf and fiora shits on him (Jax and fiora is winnable but very onesided), Camille is also on the harder side but also winnable, But you will always be fighting an uphill battle.
But best of luck my fellow Skar skar! Hope you find it as fun as i have
I can feel the 0-9 top Skarner in my next ranked
"your goal isn't to beat the enemy laner" "you setup ganks" well fuck, i am in plat it will never work my junglers avoid top at all cost.
they'll avoid it extra hard if you are playing an unpopuar champ cause people tend to consider them weak
Everyone should learn that solo lanes are you against enemy laner and enemy jungler or supp, if you think is a must that ur jungler needs to help you is wrong, he needs to do drakes and herald, game just allow him to help you but it's not a must
I played against this before. It is the most boring and tilting thing in existence. Its basically you and skarner farming the whole lane phase under his tower, he will never fight you no matter what, but if you try to fight him he just does that thing and stuns you under tower. Lane phase feels more like you vs the enemy turret.
Yeah I was gonna say this. The fact that he can't fight at all without tower should really express just how weak he is.
I just used skarner top 3 times yesterday.. all won... you're true this is the most tilting strategy i've ever used not even teemo will irritate your enemies to that point... 10/10 would recommend
I tried this, skarner has like no damage on his own like it's kinda sad considering how much damage tanks can do nowadays he either waits for the jungler or the turret there just is no other option .
@@joebazooka5679 yeah but after the 2 items you go full tank and the late works kinda fine for him (i mean you can tank a lot), i would say after laning phase the rest is on your team shoulder, you'll never 1v1 someone
Cool that you made a vid about skarner toplane, he's my fav toplaner since about 2 years ago
The difference between this skarner in Korean challenger and literally anyone else is… The teammates in Korean challenger understand this Skarners strategy and will actively play around his lane. Meanwhile at other ranks it’s a coinflip
chances are high that they have no idea what the fuck skarner is doing. But they are responsive players that look at the map and the available info and respond accordingly. This would probably work fine in low elo too. yeah youd get less help but also less resistance so
@@jayjaygolden5123 In high Elo Kr solo queue players could know eachother because they play against eachother all the time. If this guy truly one tricked skarner to challenger you’d bet he’s played with the same people. And they can comp around him. Anywhere else you’d probably never get ganks which is basically what this whole strategy is about. It would be like playing a support mid and never having your jungler with you to get value.
@@theoverlord8207 if he onetricked it to challenger that means hes not been in challenger for the qhole journey.
I think in lower elos you can get way more tower baits off, and need to adapt to that reality.
@@jayjaygolden5123 bro the season just started. Even Koreans who were challenger last season would have to play some games in masters/GM to get back up to challenger
@@jayjaygolden5123 the difference is huge when you think of it like “oh this is the skarner top that plays well” versus “oh my fucking god a skarner top? What am I supposed to do”
appreciate the content!! just recently found your vids and saw master yi and this one. ill practice these in norms with friends hehe
I used to go AP tank Skarner with rod of ages and liandrys but I stopped because it sucked and went to bruiser Skarner. I think they added more AP ratios to him though so it might be more viable nowadays.
You dont do this build for the AP, his AP ratios have remained and actually gotten weaker in a few places. You go Everfrost for more hard cc chaining
this is my go to skarner build! except I take electrocute. That lets you choose between bursting down a priority target or locking down a frontliner in team fights
I think in KR challenger he 100% needs glacial (I've seen some people take Phase Rush to zoom zoom during his R) to catch up to enemies who will react very quickly once they get hit by his E.
@@midasvijfwinkel6116 glacial is almost certainly better against better players. Utility is always better than damage for that
@@Nightmare-fe9hr Pretty much.. you can expect your team to do the followup after your CC anyway in higher elos
@@midasvijfwinkel6116 glacial is good for teamfights but its better in lane. If a bruiser collapse on you, you stun and with glacial you will always live. It also secures kills under your tower and jng ganks
As a Skarner main, I looked at Skarner top and thought maybe it sucked but never tried it. After watching the video of it in action I think I will try it out lol.
I am jg Skar mainer and I find this video very useful. Thnak you very much, Dobby
gragas wrecking that plate was a very lovely thing. Awesome.
After the conversion of Cooldown to Ability Haste, I have difficulty playing Skarner in the top lane. Now I'm getting back to my main giant crystal scorpion 🦂.
THIS! I miss Skarner Pre-mythic... Rush CDR and you have full E cycle at lvl 9
This is my favorite UA-cam channel. Can you please make jungle versions of popular champs such as graves, Diana, ekko?
I been looking at this guys account for awhile nice to see a video on him
2:30 mad respect for getting plate
Reached Master with skarner top. It is really fun and strong because most ppl dont know what skarner can do in lane lol.
Thanks lolDobby now I will first time this in my ranked games!
Lol Dobby Ur a big big man thank you so much for this video
This has a UA-cam channel but it's only in Korean
in counters you forgot to mention gp , his w clenses scarner ult ..
Urf Skarner is my go to ,I love that is loved in challenger
i used to do skarner top with the wackiest builds like 5 kindlegems into shurelyas and everything I can build out of kindlegems, then I stopped playing skarner coz started doing the chemtank build and that got boring, but this video has made me realise there can be more fun to be had with skarner top, so on that note, I guess I'm going to be playing skarner top again but with everfrost this time
next patch riot nerfs Skarner, because no one should know he exists LOL
I mean, that's a pretty original playstyle.
But I wouldn't think you could climb challenger with this !
The Skarner main is a king !
happychimenoises back at it again
1:09 Jayce posing before dying 😂
thank you for showing everyone my favorite skarner build and playstyle q.q its easy to avoid dying to skarner if you know what he can do... so dont just tell everyone!
Would try to learn if rework wasn’t coming. Cool vid though
Its still worth learning him, rework isnt coming coming in at least a year
Love u dobby! And thanks
I would add gp as a counter since he just oranges out of ult.. gr8 video!
I always play skarner top back in the day. Some item got nerf patch 9.24 i thing?
Ive played a good amount of Skarner top, pulling enemies into my tower lol...
I always found the most success with Grasp, building like an AD fighter with CDR. The builds surely changed by now, but I would recommend something like Divine sunderer into a CDR tank item.
this giys korea challenger nobody cares what uou think your eu gold
Have you tried muramana? the new synergy it has with damage skills gives Skarner a really high dps with just that item.
@@lukazgarza4075 I haven't played skarner top in just over a season, but I'm sure the builds nowadays could be really fun and diverse😂
@@VccTn You cared enough to reply
The strat rn for solo queue is muramana sunderer then whatever the game calls for but usually xleaver
This does put a smile on my face
It’s crazy and awesome. Respect players like him. For 99% skarner dead 🤣
damn i remember back in 2018 it was a niche meta to play skarner top and in the same way, that was the time i got the m7 with the scorpion
can't wait for skarner top to int my games
cant wait people stop being predictivly sheeps
yes i will!
If I ever E through a wave and hit the enemy aswell, I auto all the minions between them before autoing them, that way my e is back up after their stun duration.
So u gonna stream after releasing this video?
When Skarners are so rare, even challenger KR players forget rule #1 when playing against a Skarner.
Which is? Don't get close to his tower? XD
@@ManuGala Don't Getting being Engaged on.
Actually Merthos was the 1st one to main skarner top and hit challenger with it.
ayyy u actually listened to my comment ty man
And now I stand in horror as the int Sion that I dragged under tower makes me lose half of my HP before he dies and then proceeds to kill me with his passive
i dont really get the everfrost buy, you can already cc with skarner using his e r e stun for long enough that nobody survives, why would you lose the tankiness of a better mythic just for a lil bit more cc, since the etxra shield through more mana for fimblewinter would never be enough to make up for the difference?
Question is how do you beat fiora with this champ. It almost seemed impossible nowadays due to the durability patch.
but they gonna rework it tho? sad
3:04 cool look
Wonder if merthos is still going strong with top skarner
can you do a video about jayce?
i also play it top but trinity and grasp. it s hard to trade a skarner with grasp
can you please make a video about lee sin? Thank you
skarner will be reworked soon right?
is this worth being so far behind in farm for the average player?
Skarner about to be brought out of captivity.
Pls add tips for Draven
I think skarner can be a best farm champion if you play him well and have a good teamate.
R E B O C A D O
Atemon, otp skarner top br is insane too
conqueror,triump,alacrity,cut down,taste of blood,ultimate hunter,212, build:divine sunderer,plated steelcaps,ravenus hydra,thornmail,death dance,dead man's plate. MY OWN RUNES
Doesnt GP just counter him to death? Slows with E and R, W for Ult and Q to poke him to death
You have a lot of tools for his w that's not an issue but damn the poke with q is annoying
One other tactic is roaming skarner top (remember Janna top?), you perma roam after lvl 6 with predator
I think another counter would be Volibear when Volibear R the tower right?
Gp huge counter prolly. W for safety so skarner cant get u under turret and just poke him down to the death with q + e
I think I seen skarner in 1 game only my whole life
tahm already does this, but has better shields, more utility and more damage, its sad that riot keeps ignoring skarner because theres no reason to play him at all
but is 3x slower lol
@@marcelo98hv he ccs you for 3x the time skarner does so its good
i have not seen any skarner main
i've play this game for 8 years
the thing with outdated champ is ... they are really fun and challenging to play and master . when new champ, yeah there is a learning curve but if one person keep getting success in anything you do will you learn anything at all ? it become really boring and lame . then why there are so many peep abuse those champ ? ego . some play not to have fun , improve . they get high rank to boost their ego .
1:56 "turn your head at the end". Stupid me, turning my haed to the right in real life
I always thought skarner was underrated just never really played him much
most champs with uncounterable hard cc have that problem - old Warwick, old galio, annie, skarner and the other ones like malz and tf are a bit more popular.
The most important part of the combo is the emote
the thing about skarner is how you gonna get close to the enemy and ult them lmao. relying on flash is a huge cooldown
Predator, Ghost, Nimbus Cloak : Skarner goes VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
wouldnt this also work mid cuz u will auto win 2v2 if it becomes a 1v2 for 4 secs
What do you mean by turn your head at the end?
Then enemy will be more dragged towards the tower
I love playing sp in top lane ,especialy blizt and thresh
Wait is this a new champion? The design seems cool
Morgana is probably a sick counter too
Gp huge counter prolly. W for safety so skarner cant get u under turret and just poke him down to the death with q + e
Merthos has been doing that combo years ago..
Thanks Dobby! Can't wait to go from bronze to iron by using this strategy
I'll be honest. I completely forgot this champ existed
Imagine if this build just gets even better in updated skarner
Updated Skarner will hopefully return to being a true fighter champion and actually be a threat more than 5 feet from his tower.
Funny is im speed skarner in jung, some kind like udyr but with more utility with less dmg
I don't know about Guys but for me off meta champions are just better mind challenges than others :)
Merthos should be happy tho :D
I used to play skarner mid and simply feed my jungler for free : 80% wr but there's some other funny stuff atm that I will keep secret hehee
riot is gonna rework it right?
tho I do find triforce/sunderer builds more fun, Im fine with something like this(as long as theres no chemtank)
2:43 gragas emote
i used this build since very start of season 11, people called me a troll
It's unfortunately how the community works. If faker or lots of pro's haven't done it, it's bad/trolling.
(even though pro's are human and can't discover literally everything about everything, as they are busy refining their skills on what they already know)
Which is why you got to do it anyway. As you're thinking outside the box, you're already mentally better than most low elo players, all you need is the 200 games of practice to understand how it works.
@@X33Ultras0und also the season 8 varus Rageblade build, i discovered that first when nobody play it, but im suck at adc so yea...
so basically mid blitz but with a longer lane and better cs-ing
wait, skarner has a stun in his kit besides his ult cc?
Yeah, whenever skarner lands his poison skillshot on any person, they can be stunned with an AA
Just found out an amazing build for yuumi and would like to share it.
Where can I enter in contact with you?
Wouldn't blitzcrank top work the same way?
Only vs brainless enemies which would get hooked. Blitz q isnt that hard to dodge neither easy to land. Can be blocked by minions as well. Besides that skarner has longer cc. Blitz ult is just a silence
Well, 6 secs worth of cc can ignore Tryndameres ult (5 secs)
Yep but you can't kill him without any damage anyways. Even if you grab him under tower, he won't ult inmediately at all, he would ult when his health is low, that would be most of the duration of the CC, and he can R during CC btw. Also he would most likely have some form of tenacity. After the CC ends he would just E away the turret anyways, you just can kill him but he can easili kill you if you over extend even if just a bit. And it's probably gonna happen eventually since after the wave crash, it will push towards him and he can freeze in a safe spot.
Riot should nerf skarner and buff yone u think?