the Primordial Sovereign

Skarner Build

DifficultyMedium

Role

TankFighter

Lane

TopJungle

Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site

Skarner Win Rate, Pick Rate, Ban Rate & Tier

Stats: League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official stats (All ranks / Diamond+ / Master+ / Challenger / Rift Apex), as of 2026-10-13

JungleJungle
Rank tier	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Ban Rate	Tier
All ranks	49.7%	1.7%#32	0.8%	D
Diamond+	54.2%	1.8%#36	0.5%	D
Master+	54.3%	1.7%#39	0.4%	D
Challenger	52.8%	1.9%#36	0.3%	D
Rift Apex	55.0%	1.9%#39	0.6%	D

TopTop (Solo)
Rank tier	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Ban Rate	Tier
All ranks	No data
Diamond+	48.4%	1.0%#40	0.5%	D
Master+	48.1%	1.1%#40	0.4%	D
Challenger	49.6%	2.3%#30	0.3%	D
Rift Apex	50.2%	3.3%#22	0.6%	C

The tier list shows Master+ figures by default.

Popular Skarner builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-10-07. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

Build 1JungleWin rate 58.49%Picks 7,063

Runes

Build 2JungleWin rate 57.52%Picks 3,168

Runes

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

Ult

Max Skill 1 first as your main damage source, then strengthen Skill 2 for its shield and mobility.

Skarner Strengths

✓Hard-to-read ganks using Skill 3 to pass through walls and slam
✓Percent max HP damage on Skill 1 and strong sustained fighting
✓AoE Ult that suppresses several enemies and breaks formations

Skarner Weaknesses

×Skill 3 is awkward to use; a miss leaves him exposed
×Ult has a cast time and can be dodged, unlike the old point-and-click version
×Hard to use Skill 3's strengths in open areas

Skarner Early Game

Pick up a rock with Skill 1 and clear the jungle quickly while looking for an opening. When ganking, use Skill 3 to burst out of a wall the enemy does not expect. The goal is to slam them into terrain for the stun.

Skarner Mid Game

In the mid game, use Skill 3 through walls to engage from outside enemy vision. In objective fights, hold the frontline with the Skill 2 shield. Drag an overextended carry out with Skill 3 and pull them away toward your team.

Skarner Late Game

Late game, hold the frontline as a tank while keeping the threat of a wall engage alive. Catch a fed enemy carry with Flash into Ult. Finish them quickly together with your team.

Skarner Teamfights

In teamfights, avoid running in head-on; come out of a wall with Skill 3 for a surprise engage. Follow with Ult to drag several enemies toward your team. Breaking the enemy formation is reworked Skarner's job.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Missing the Skill 3 wall slam and getting stranded

Rushing the Skill 3 wall slam, missing it, and ending up alone in the middle of the enemy team is the play to avoid. Once you miss, you are just a target. Ult also has a cast delay; if you fire it without accounting for that, enemies dash out of it and you are left exposed. Walking straight at them in open terrain only gets you kited, so stick to surprise engages through walls.

Skarner Combos

Wall-Slam Engage

Burrow through a wall with Skill 3 to slam and stun them, pop Skill 2 for a shield and slow, then hit percent-health damage with Skill 1.

3(Wall)

Kidnap Combo

Ambush with Skill 3, cast Ult before they can react, then drag them back into your team.

3(Wall)

Ult

1(Throw)

Skarner Skills

Passive

Threads of Vibration

Skarner's attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval, and Impale apply Quaking to targets for 4 second(s) (max 3 stacks).
At 3 stacks of Quaking, enemies take 5%-10% (Lv) of their max HP as magic damage over its duration.
Deals up to 100-450 damage (Lv) against monsters.

Skill 1

Shattered Earth

⏳ 6.8s

First cast (Shattered Earth):
Grabs a boulder, empowering his next 3 attacks to gain 25% Attack Speed and deal 15 physical damage (15 + 100% bonus AD + 4% bonus HP) to nearby enemies.
The third attack deals an additional 11% of the target's max HP as physical damage and slows by 45% for 1 second(s).
Recast (Upheaval): Ends this ability and throws the boulder in a target direction. The boulder explodes on the first enemy hit, dealing 15 (15 + 100% bonus AD + 4% bonus HP) plus 11% of the target's max HP as physical damage to them and nearby enemies and slowing them by 45% for 1 second(s).
Percent HP damage to monsters from the third attack and Upheaval is capped at 200 (200 + 100% bonus AD + 4% bonus HP).
The first two attacks deal 100% damage to structures. The third attack and Upheaval deal 200% damage to structures.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	6.8	5.5	4.3	3
Base Damage	15	30	45	60
AS	25%	30%	35%	40%
Max Monster Damage	200	250	300	350

Skill 2

Seismic Bastion

⏳ 8s

Immediately gains a shield that absorbs damage equal to 10% max HP for 2.5 second(s) and triggers an earthquake that deals 50 magic damage (50 + 80%AP) and slows nearby enemies by 25% for 1 second(s).

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	8	7	6	5
Cost	60	65	70	75
Base Damage	50	70	90	110

Skill 3

Ixtal's Impact

⏳ 18s

First cast:
- Charges in a target direction, ignoring terrain.
- If he runs into an enemy champion or large monster, he drags them along for the rest of his charge.
- Colliding into a wall with an enemy in tow deals 102 physical damage (60 + 120% bonus AD + 6% max HP) to the enemy and stuns them for 1.5 second(s).
Recast: Ends his charge early.
Colliding into a wall with an enemy in tow reduces Ixtal's Impact's cooldown by 35%.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	18	16	14	12
Cost	50	55	60	65
Base Damage	60	90	120	150

Ult

Impale

⏳ 80s

Lashes his tails forward, dealing 150 magic damage (150 + 100%AP) and suppressing the first 3 enemy champions he hits for 1.5 second(s).
Champions hit are dragged along by Skarner for the duration of the suppression.
If he hits at least one enemy champion:
- He gains 40% Movement Speed for 1.5 second(s).
- If Shattered Earth is active, he will cast Upheaval first.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3
Cooldown	80	70	60
Base Damage	150	250	350

Skarner Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.3, as of 2026-09-23), with the official global patch notes applied up to 7.3a

Official ratings

Damage1/3

Survivability3/3

Utility2/3

Difficulty2/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

Level1

Health660LV15 2508

Mana380LV15 1080

Attack Damage62LV15 118

Armor46LV15 109

Magic Resist40LV15 68

Movement Speed350

Compare with every champion Open the damage calculator at LV1

Critical damage is 200% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Skarner Patch History

Skarner

Patch 7.2a

Buff

Shattered Earth / Upheaval

Max HP damage on the 3rd empowered attack and Shattered Earth10% → 11%

Seismic Bastion

Cooldown9/8/7/6s → 8/7/6/5s
Shield HP ratio8% → 10%

Ixtal's Impact

Cooldown20/18/16/14s → 18/16/14/12s

Our take

Skarner gets a lift shortly after release. The extra 1% max HP damage speeds up how quickly he grinds through durable targets. The biggest piece is Seismic Bastion: a second off the cooldown at every rank plus a thicker HP-scaled shield lets him hold the front line far longer. Ixtal's Impact returns two seconds sooner as well, so his whole engage-and-reset rhythm speeds up.

Skarner

Patch 7.1h

Buff

Base Stats

AD growth per level3.5 → 4
HP growth per level120 → 128
HP regen6 → 9

Shattered Earth / Upheaval

Max HP damage on the 3rd attack / boulder throw9% → 10%
Slow40% → 45%

Seismic Bastion

Slow20% → 25%

Our take

All of Skarner's growth stats move up, so the buff compounds the longer a game runs. Three more HP regen cuts the health he bleeds over a full jungle rotation, letting him roll into the next camp instead of recalling. Both Shattered Earth and Seismic Bastion slow 5% harder as well, which helps him stick to a fleeing target and gives his team a longer window to follow up.

Skarner

Patch 7.1g

New

New Release

Skarner, the Primordial Sovereign

Skarner is an ancient Brackern, a colossal species revered as one of the founding members of Ixtal's ruling Yun Tal. He brings high durability and crowd control, and is expected to see play in the jungle.

Skarner arrives as a jungler built around durability and crowd control. His job is to step in first, lock someone down, and buy his team the time to follow up. He is not a champion who closes out a fight by himself, so every engage has to start from a decision about where his damage dealers need to end up.