By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Primordial Sovereign
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (2,028 games).
Skarner, the Primordial Sovereign, charges through terrain with Ixtal's Impact and suppresses a champion with Impale, dragging them as he moves. Master+ played him mostly in the jungle and sometimes as a support, and the page prints both win rates; most ran Grasp of the Undying, with Heartsteel opening the path bought most. Hecarim and Shyvana beat him most often. Lee Sin was about even.
TankFighter
Patch 26.18 · Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 2,028 games · Preview sample
2,028
Games
High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
60.0%Win Rate
Flash
Smite69.2%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite
This exact page: taken in 30.1% of games·51.8% win rate over 610 games.
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Bonus MS towards nearby enemy champions that are movement impaired, increased for enemy champions that you impair.
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Hail of Blades14.1% taken · 49.0% win286 games
Arcane Comet4.7% taken · 53.7% win95 games
Conqueror3.7% taken · 56.0% win75 gamesResolve + Inspiration71.0% taken · 52.2% win1,439 games
Domination + Inspiration12.1% taken · 48.2% win245 games
Precision + Inspiration3.7% taken · 55.3% win76 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Skarner's most common path.
QSkarner rips a boulder from the earth that empowers his attacks and can be thrown as a powerful projectile.
Cooldown 8/6.75/5.5/4.25/3s · 30 Mana
WSkarner gains a shield and creates an earthquake whose shockwave damages and slows foes.
Cooldown 10/9/8/7/6s · 60/65/70/75/80 Mana
ESkarner charges forward and passes through terrain.
Cooldown 22/21/20/19/18s · 50/55/60/65/70 Mana
RSkarner's tails lash forward to suppress enemy champions.
Cooldown 120/105/90s · 100 ManaMax Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QShattered Earth / Upheaval | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WSeismic Bastion | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EIxtal's Impact | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RImpale | R | R | R |
How Skarner performs against enemy jungle laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Build percentage damage — flat penetration falls off against the stats it stacks
Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Punish the cooldown — Skarner is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 5/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PThreads of Vibration
Skarner's Attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval, and Impale, apply Quaking. At max stacks of Quaking, enemies take max Health magic damage over its duration.
Passive — never cast
QShattered Earth / Upheaval
Skarner rips a boulder from the earth that empowers his attacks and can be thrown as a powerful projectile.
Cost 30 ManaCooldown 8/6.75/5.5/4.25/3sRange 400
WSeismic Bastion
Skarner gains a shield and creates an earthquake whose shockwave damages and slows foes.
Cost 60/65/70/75/80 ManaCooldown 10/9/8/7/6sRange 700
EIxtal's Impact
Skarner charges forward and passes through terrain. If he collides with a champion or large monster, he'll slam them into the next wall he hits to damage and stun them.
Cost 50/55/60/65/70 ManaCooldown 22/21/20/19/18sRange 1700
RImpale
Skarner's tails lash forward to suppress enemy champions. Once suppressed, the victims will be dragged along by Skarner as he moves around.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 120/105/90sRange 625
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Skarner in 4 patches. The latest is patch 26.6, published 2026-03-17.
QShattered Earth
Our few Skarner top laners have gained tremendous empathy for their solitary Brackern, as their brethren scattered and left them to become the last of their kind. By letting him cast more freely in lane while also giving him some more trading power on his bread and butter ability, we hope some of our scorpion bros will come out of hiding in top lane (and jungle too!)
Base Stats
QShattered Earth / Upheaval
Last patch's Skarner changes unfortunately landed him weaker than we had hoped and anticipated. We're now here to deliver direct buffs in order to give him the power he deserves. We were overly cautious on how much attack damage to give him, so we're back for more, and his Q isn't doing quite enough now that he can't quickly get two cycles off, so we're buffing its uptime and throughput.
Base Stats
QShattered Earth / Upheaval
EIxtal’s Impact
RImpale
Skarner is one of a few champions who’s a little weak but has a deceptively low win rate due to being quite hard to play. Still, he’s a champion who has room for buffs, so we’d like to do just that. We’re aware of his recent history with pro play, so we’re pairing these buffs with some nerfs that we hope will disproportionately affect low-ping, pro players. Our overall goal is a stronger Skarner who can sustain this new level of power for months to come. We’re nerfing Impale’s cast time to increase his counter-play for skilled opponents. As Skarner is meant to occasionally be a juggernaut, we’re increasing the viability of AD juggernaut items, specifically Sterak’s Gage, by increasing his total base AD and his overall AD scaling. And finally, to make him more approachable, we’re removing an awkward optimization around Q’s uptime with compensation that should feel similar for most players.
QShattered Earth
EIxtal's Impact
The Skorpion is due for another hit, this time targeting high skilled players' ability to optimize his Q. We're also increasing the cooldown on his mobility to force him to commit to engagements for longer before escaping.
Riot's data lists 7 looks for Skarner with their own art, the base skin included and 8 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Skarner | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 630 | =61st | 620 |
| Health per level | 110 | =25th | 104 |
| Base armor | 33 | =52nd | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.5 | =92nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 32 | =32nd | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 2.05 | =4th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 63 | =41st | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.625 | =117th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 2% | =119th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 335 | =74th | 335 |
| Attack range | 150 | =115th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 630 | +110 | 2500 | =33rd of 173 |
| Mana | 320 | +40 | 1000 | =94th of 145 |
| Armor | 33 | +4.5 | 109.5 | 70th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +2.05 | 66.85 | =5th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Skarner, the Primordial Sovereign, is a Tank and Fighter champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 5/10 for difficulty, 7/10 for attack, 8/10 for defense and 5/10 for magic. Skarner spends Mana and has 7 skins with their own art.
The ancient, colossal brackern Skarner is revered in Ixtal as one of the founding members of its ruling caste, the Yun Tal. Devoted to keeping his nation safe from the rest of the world, Skarner dwells in a chamber beneath Ixaocan where he can hear the vibrations of the earth and detect potential threats. As more members of the Yun Tal begin questioning Ixtal's self-isolation, Skarner grows increasingly paranoid and will do anything to keep Ixtal and its people safe—no matter the cost.
