2011-08-10, 04:05 AM
First normal game with Skarner. Results are skewed because the other team's Shaco was really bad, but I can make some conclusions anyways.
--Short range. His longest range skill is about that of TF's auto-attack range.
--Damage is fairly low, although it would scale pretty hard with AS, due to his Crystal Slash and shield not having a cast time. I will need to do more studies with how these skills interact with auto-attacks and whatnot.
--Mana costs are fairly low, and his Crystal Slash is really cheap, but he also has a moderately low mana pool. This opens up some potential for endless skill spamming fun if you get Tear, and possibly Chalice.
--Shield value is average, but the duration is longer than normal. It's not a bad mini haste outside of battle.
--Fracture is meh. If mana is not an issue, E + Q repeatedly, with W to stave off harass, works decently for lane sustaining. I'm not entirely sure of this, but you can't heal more than twice the tooltip value.
--Ult is quite short. It's not much of a repositioner, and will most likely be a ye olde CC. (It lasts long enough to drag an ulting Kennen away from your team, lol.) I'm not sure if you can actually hurt the champ you victimize yourself, aside from the initial and final damage, though other people can still unload. Oh, and you can't Flash while ulting.
--If Skarner's shield is broken before he can join a fight, he just kinda sucks and doesn't have any wind up for damage.
I'm still trying to figure out what the best item builds could be. This could take a while...
--Short range. His longest range skill is about that of TF's auto-attack range.
--Damage is fairly low, although it would scale pretty hard with AS, due to his Crystal Slash and shield not having a cast time. I will need to do more studies with how these skills interact with auto-attacks and whatnot.
--Mana costs are fairly low, and his Crystal Slash is really cheap, but he also has a moderately low mana pool. This opens up some potential for endless skill spamming fun if you get Tear, and possibly Chalice.
--Shield value is average, but the duration is longer than normal. It's not a bad mini haste outside of battle.
--Fracture is meh. If mana is not an issue, E + Q repeatedly, with W to stave off harass, works decently for lane sustaining. I'm not entirely sure of this, but you can't heal more than twice the tooltip value.
--Ult is quite short. It's not much of a repositioner, and will most likely be a ye olde CC. (It lasts long enough to drag an ulting Kennen away from your team, lol.) I'm not sure if you can actually hurt the champ you victimize yourself, aside from the initial and final damage, though other people can still unload. Oh, and you can't Flash while ulting.
--If Skarner's shield is broken before he can join a fight, he just kinda sucks and doesn't have any wind up for damage.
I'm still trying to figure out what the best item builds could be. This could take a while...