Ranting About Skarner Rework (also playing League of Legends) – Jungle Skarner Game



Aatrox flashbacks…
This video contains a lot of ‘rant’, see timestamps on screen and below to skip to gameplay, where I still keep ranting.

That said, look forward to more Skarner videos because I need to play him while he’s still here.

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Runes and more below:

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Seraphines be damned.

Let me know what you think of the upcoming reworks. I know majority is voting for Udyr (so I’ve heard), but Riot will rework all of these eventually. It’s just dawning on me that playing and enjoying Skarner is now on a timer, and unlike when they decided to get rid of Aatrox, I’m actively playing and can get far more games in before Skarner is reworked than I had the chance to with Aatrox.

The jungle pathing I use was from this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dx1rwRn-5w
“Level 6 Clear”

Really late upload, got all sorts going on and I really don’t feel well like holy damn.

Hey, you read the description! Big PP energy to you!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:00 Rant Start
0:00 Finally begin searching for a game
0:00 Game Starts
0:00 AD Skarner Jungle
0:00 Game Ends

Runes:

Conqueror
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity or Tenacity
Last Stand

Eyeball Collection
Ravenous Hunter (Ultimate Hunter if you want, spamming Q at low HP and still living is my whole reason to play Skarner tbh.)

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Music:

Mikel & Gamechops – Zelda & Chill 2
https://gamechops.com/

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Outro Music:
Zelda and Chill – Dark World

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28 thoughts on “Ranting About Skarner Rework (also playing League of Legends) – Jungle Skarner Game”

  1. What I disliked about the previous rework is that it turned him into a jungle-only champ with no lane capacity. Because in lane without the crystal spires, you play a champ without a passive. Yeah, it makes him unique, but it only says don't fight him, when he has the territory set up. But so do Teemo shrooms or Heimerdinger turrets. I find the spire mechanic uninteresting because it's just a big stat buff in an area and nothing everywhere else. It doesn't help you gank, push or defend. If they want to keep it, it would be a lot cooler if he could charge up in the presence of the spires and have the buff decay over time when moving out of it, instead of it being an all or nothing scenario.
    Also I think they should lean more into the scorpion theme. Other than for his ult (and his crit animation, which i haven't seen once since they removed crit chance from triforce, lol), he's not using his stinger. Why have a scorpion, if he doesn't sting people?

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  2. League of Legends is getting more annoying, toxic, confusing but at the same time boring and mainstream. With every day, League of Legends becomes a little bit more "meeh".

    I know that it's going to look like a complete boomer moment, but I miss the old League of Legends, it might have been less polished and at times less balanced than it is now, but it had something special, that unexplainable, extra fun aspect, this game was really something special. But as the time went by, this "something special" disappeared, I don't know why or when, it just did.

    I remember that before I used to be excited to play LoL with some random people who are going to be toxic 90% of the time and I knew I'd be having good time anyway. But nowadays playing LoL is something I do when there's literally nothing else to do, which is a bit sad when looking back.

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  3. Skarner mains agree, Skarner's versatility is one of the most fantastic aspects of him. My only disagreement with you, is that while all those different builds CAN happen, how many of them can truly carry a game? You can win games on those builds, sure. The 1/12 Kled can win games too because coinflip meta and 9 other players XD. I want versatility, but I have been so fed up with spires for the last 5 years, I'd be willing to compromise to see them gone. I hope that whoever gets involved (assuming we somehow win the vote) will be in communication with the Skarner community. We are small enough that it shouldnt be inconvenient XD.

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  4. As a Skarner main I look forward to the rework. I will miss the original version though but life goes on. About Skarner mains complaining about Q I would think they should have made it proc the crystal venom then it would be viable. Imagine shooting E into 5 champs, running in, then Q into a 5 man stun. That woulda been best.

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  5. Honestly I think all Skarner needs is a VGU to look more like crystals and less like colored rocks then maybe change the spire passive to something he can always make use of whether hes top or jungle.

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  6. I really want a Skarner rework, but I feel like this isn’t the way it should go. They’re basically talking about removing his entire kit(maybe keeping R), changing his lore and even his theme. What does that even mean? With that description he literally could show up as a Voidborn Giraffe or as Seraphine’s pet. Do they even intend to keep him as a scorpion?

    The ideal rework, imo, would be to turn him into a fighter/juggernaut. Something like Volibear, where he can go either AD, Tank or AP. Not every build should be viable, but keeping his versatillity is really important to me. It is so much fun to just think of a stupid build to try every day.

    Today I tried Sunfire, Titanic Hydra, Steraks, Ionian Boots, Warmogs and Gargoyle Stoneplate.
    Yesterday I tried Everfrost, Manamune, Ionian Boots, Frozen Heart, Lich Bane and Demonic Embrace.
    Tell me, what other champs have that much variety? I have one-tricked him for a while now, and it’s so much fun to switch your build into whatever fits the team or whatever you feel like playing.

    I think the rework could focus on something like that, and most importantly to stay true to the original. His Q could be a melee skillshot with low CD so he can use sheen, his W be MS or something, his E a skillshot with an AA proc that either CCs or does something else, and maybe his R could be a skillshot(tho I’d prefer a point-and-click) They don’t need to make a complete overhaul, just improve a few skills and change some others. Keep the feel of Skarner, don’t create a new one.

    I’m probably going to vote for Udyr(he really needs it), since I think Riot needs to realize there’s a lot of good in Skarner worth keeping. I want more information about what they plan for him before I ever vote for Skarner. If they rework him into a full tank or assasin I’ll lose my shit.

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  7. Voted for Udyr, he really needs an update, and I mean they can't make him any worse, right? Also, I would say that a cristal scorpion is quite unique rather then an ordinary human using stances named by animals and mythical creatures. But hey, they need Seraphine to not look like a psycho or whatever so I guess it's generic…

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  8. I miss old Shen, Poppy, Galio, and Yorick.
    They keep reworking simple kits. I moved from one to the next each time they reworked one so I could keep playing simple champs and each time I swapped I would swap to the next champ to get axed coincidentally. I mained Mundo after the runes/masteries update when Grasp was in its most OP version but now I don't really play anymore. Dr Mundo rework on the horizon and they say they want to maintain his simplicity but I'll believe it when I see it

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  9. I have the same feeling with old fiora.
    As much as many disagree old fiora was just a different hero to the one we have now.

    the "resemble" to master yi is definitely not as bad as on some of the new champions "eg. trash Seraphine"
    also she was incredibly fun to play I used to play her everyday since release but I needed up never touching her after rework.

    I understand that the new fiora is fitting to many.. But at least to me she's not the fiora I enjoyed anymore.

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