Skarner League of Legends splash art
Skarner icon
Champion Team PlaybookJungle

Skarner

Create an isolated target before dragon or Baron.

5v5 winrate
48.0%
1,523 games · High confidence
Role rank
#59 / 73
Top 74% DPM
KDA / DPM
5.19 · 648
EngageFrontlinePick potential
Best style
Hard Engage
Draft fit score 65/100 · Theoretical fit
Jarvan IV Top
Skarner Jungle
Lissandra Mid
Swain Bot
Pantheon Support
5v5 vs SoloQ
0.0 pts vs SoloQ
Priority ban
Kayn
Updated Jul 19, 2026

What Skarner gives your team

Engage
5.0
Frontline
5.0
Pick potential
5.0
Reliable CC
5.0
Low damage if behind
2.0
Low waveclear
2.0
Win condition

Create an isolated target before dragon or Baron.

Needs

Needs lane priority.

Avoid

Avoid invade pressure.

Coordinated 5v5 vs Solo Queue

5v5 WR
48.0%
SoloQ WR
48.0%
0.0 pts

Similar performance in both environments

SoloQ context: C · 38,680 games · 22.8% banrate

Power curve

Early
68

Create lane states that let engage champions move first.

Mid
90

Use fog-of-war and sweepers to threaten instant starts.

Late
77

Find flank angles or punish carries stepping past their frontline.

Role ranking

Among 73 comparable Jungle champions.

Winrate
#59 / 73
KDA
#5 / 73
DPM
#54 / 73
Damage share
#57 / 73
CS/min
#68 / 73

Build a team around Skarner

Three bounded line-ups: the champion is locked, alternatives stay compact, and the score is draft fit, not win probability.

Best statistical fit

Hard Engage

65/100
Draft fit score
Top
Jarvan IV icon
Jarvan IV
Alt: Wukong · Pantheon
Jungle
Skarner icon
Skarner
Locked
Mid
Lissandra icon
Lissandra
Alt: Kennen · Azir
Bot
Swain icon
Swain
Alt: Ashe · Senna
Support
Pantheon icon
Pantheon
Alt: Ashe · Gragas
Medium execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Hard Engage shapeEngageFrontline

Weak if missing primary engage.

early

Create lane states that let engage champions move first.

mid

Use fog-of-war and sweepers to threaten instant starts.

late

Find flank angles or punish carries stepping past their frontline.

Safer execution

Wombo Combo

62/100
Draft fit score
Top
Lillia icon
Lillia
Alt: Rumble · Wukong
Jungle
Skarner icon
Skarner
Locked
Mid
Lissandra icon
Lissandra
Alt: Kennen · Rumble
Bot
Swain icon
Swain
Alt: Yasuo · Ashe
Support
Pantheon icon
Pantheon
Alt: Swain · Fiddlesticks
Hard execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Wombo Combo shapeEngageFrontline

Weak if missing AoE damage.

early

Protect key ultimate champions until level spikes.

mid

Fight around grouped objectives where enemies must clump.

late

Hold critical ultimates for grouped fights rather than single low-value kills.

Alternative game plan

Pick Comp

60/100
Draft fit score
Top
Kennen icon
Kennen
Alt: Teemo · Ryze
Jungle
Skarner icon
Skarner
Locked
Mid
Twisted Fate icon
Twisted Fate
Alt: Brand · Malzahar
Bot
Ashe icon
Ashe
Alt: Senna · Varus
Support
Zyra icon
Zyra
Alt: Brand · Ashe
Medium execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Pick Comp shapeEngageFrontline

Weak if missing vision control.

early

Use pushing lanes to unlock support and jungle movement.

mid

Deny vision, hold control wards, and threaten catches before objectives.

late

Avoid fair 5v5s unless a key target is already chunked or caught.

Best bans

Lane, composition and blind-draft bans use separate reasons.

Kayn icon
Kayn
Lane ban
100

Kayn is a recurring SoloQ counter profile for Skarner.

External SoloQ · High confidence
Wukong icon
Wukong
Composition ban
100

Wukong is useful to remove when you need a stable blind draft around Skarner.

External meta context · High confidence
Naafiri icon
Naafiri
Blind-draft ban
100

Naafiri is useful to remove when you need a stable blind draft around Skarner.

External meta context · High confidence

Other viable roles

Only roles with enough analyzed games are shown here. Tiny samples are hidden from the public page.

Jungle

Main role
1,523 games · High confidence
48.0%
WR
KDA
5.19
DPM
648
KP
55.1%

Support

Viable
234 games · High confidence
47.5%
WR
KDA
2.76
DPM
653
KP
53.9%

Top

Viable
167 games · High confidence
42.6%
WR
KDA
2.30
DPM
808
KP
36.4%
Dataset and methodology

These pages summarize high-elo coordinated 5v5 games. Public scouting sections use raw game counts for readability; weighted games remain in the methodology because lower-confidence sources count less.

Games
1,523
1,113 weighted games
Confidence
High confidence
Weighted WR 48.0%
Updated
Jul 19, 2026
Latest refresh
Source tiers
Ranked 5v5 and Flex 5 samples
Lower-confidence sources count less.

Ranked 5v5 is treated as the highest-confidence coordinated 5-player source.

Flex 5 confirmed means the same five-player group was detected across multiple games.

Flex 5 candidate is useful high-elo Flex signal, weighted lower until confirmed.

Role rankings require at least 100 raw games and 75 weighted games for each comparable champion. Secondary roles require at least 100 raw games and 50 weighted games.

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