Which enchant on Skarner?

Gargoyle in the vast majority of cases: Skarner engages and takes aggro, Gargoyle's massive shield lets him stay alive while allies follow up. Glorious only if the team lacks mobility to follow his engages.

When to take Mercury's Treads over Plated Steelcaps?

When the enemy composition has lots of CC or magic damage. If a champion like Morgana can cancel his engages with Black Shield, Mercury's also reduces the impact of return CC.

Can Skarner play without Zeke's Convergence?

Technically yes, but Zeke's turns each Impale into a team-wide slow amplification. It is one of the rare items that multiplies the value of Skarner's ultimate for the entire team. Replacing it must be justified by a very urgent defensive need.

Skarner Wild Rift Best Build Guide (Patch 7.2a)

Builds — official CN server data (patch 7.2)

Three reads of the same champion, computed by our engine on official CN server data (current-patch stats, ratios and prices): a reliable base to adapt to your game. Why this data? →

Standard — frontline

Thornmail›

13,950 — total cost

Vs AD comps

Thornmail›

14,200 — total cost

Vs AP comps

14,450 — total cost

Recommended bootsPlated Steelcaps

Recommended runes

Power spikes (computed)

Early (1-5)

4/10

Mid (6-10)

3/10

Late (11-15)

2/10

Lv 2 W rank 1Lv 3 E rank 1Lv 5 Ultimate

Situational adaptations

Mantle of the Twelfth HourAgainst AD burst (assassins, Zed, Rengar…)

Kaenic RookernAgainst AP burst (Syndra, Fizz, Evelynn…)

The detailed guide below dates from patch 7.0e and is being rewritten — for the current meta, rely on the variants above.

The three core items serve three distinct functions: Searing Crown ensures passive pressure without depending on allied burst, Zeke's Convergence turns each Impale into a team-wide amplification window, and Thornmail counters AD carries that would otherwise be hard to keep locked down. These three…