Champion profile

Skarner in draft

Played at Jungle in 83% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

9 %

picked or banned · 87th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.6%

Picked 5% · 1,436 of 27,753 gamesBanned 3% · 778 of 22,766 drafts with bans

Win rate at Jungle

27,755 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 67% · EUW 24% · NA 10%

Population: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes — neither solo queue nor the pro scene.

Everything below reads on 1,185 games at Jungle. · 1,065 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (22,766 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Cho'Gath

Maokai

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other junglersFrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCCFew duelsNo poke

03 · With / againstGood against Karma, bad against Viktor.Good against

Karma65%54 gamesBad against

Viktor35%98 gamesBad duo with

Sylas35%57 gamesGood duo with

Hwei67%54 games

04 · Build2 paths: Heartsteel or Protoplasm Harness.

Grasp of the Undying

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Jungle picks taken by Skarner, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

0.8%13,210 picks out of 1,584,439banned in 0.3% of games · 655 of 259,636patches 16.21 → 16.19

Tournaments

tournament code games

2.1%741 picks out of 34,524banned in 3.2% of games · 430 of 13,367patches 16.21 → 16.19

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

4.8%106 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 8% and 9% since 16.12 · 8.0% on 16.21 · 8.4% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	8.0%	2,671	Grasp of the Undying91% · 97
16.20	8.4%	7,858	Grasp of the Undying85% · 303
16.19	8.7%	6,733	Grasp of the Undying89% · 246
16.18	8.8%	5,762	Grasp of the Undying89% · 222
16.17	9.1%	5,728	Grasp of the Undying90% · 226
16.16	8.4%	5,992	Grasp of the Undying87% · 216
16.15	7.8%	5,530	Grasp of the Undying91% · 165
16.14	7.7%	5,702	Grasp of the Undying90% · 170
16.13	8.1%	7,391	Grasp of the Undying88% · 241
16.12	9.1%	5,118	Grasp of the Undying83% · 185

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

778 bans of 22,766 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: taken at any point of the series.

G14.1%
G25.2%
G3+5.1%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Jarvan IV30

Vi30

Sejuani22

series, of 280 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (280), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Jungle when Skarner is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Jungle, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Cho'Gath
5.9% → 9.4%
Maokai
2.1% → 4.6%
Zac
2.3% → 3.9%

show 1 other champion

Poppy
1.5% → 3.2%

778 games where it is banned · 20,873 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Skarner ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the junglers

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min4.8 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · junglers: 4.7

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itjunglers
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on junglers: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itFrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC

What it is notFew duelsNo poke

Split-push — Not applicable to this position.

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 7:00 (6:54), 1st item at 10:42 (10:48), 2nd at 20:00 (19:12), 3rd at 26:36 (25:36).

1,185 games · median minute of each milestone, junglers in brackets

Its jungle

64 jungle CS at 10 min · junglers: 66
6% of the time in the enemy jungle between 2 and 14 min · junglers: 7%

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
WukongJGL	133	Evenbetween 43% and 57%
LuluSUP	127	Leans against itbetween 38% and 52%
YunaraADC	120	Unfavourablebetween 32% and 47%
Lee SinJGL	112	Evenbetween 45% and 60%
Jarvan IVJGL	107	Favourablebetween 51% and 66%
CaitlynADC	101	Evenbetween 41% and 57%
NautilusSUP	100	Evenbetween 43% and 59%
ViktorMID	98	Unfavourablebetween 27% and 43%
SyndraMID	90	Evenbetween 39% and 56%
Kai'SaADC	86	Evenbetween 42% and 60%

show 182 other pairs

OrnnTOP	85	Leans against itbetween 36% and 54%
AhriMID	83	Evenbetween 42% and 60%
JinxADC	82	Leans its waybetween 47% and 65%
BraumSUP	80	Evenbetween 42% and 60%
MilioSUP	77	Unfavourablebetween 28% and 46%
JhinADC	74	Favourablebetween 53% and 71%
LeonaSUP	74	Leans its waybetween 46% and 65%
K'SanteTOP	73	Evenbetween 40% and 59%
ViJGL	73	Leans against itbetween 36% and 55%
RellSUP	72	Leans against itbetween 37% and 56%
TristanaADC	71	Leans against itbetween 33% and 52%
SionTOP	70	Unfavourablebetween 28% and 47%
AsheADC	69	Leans against itbetween 33% and 52%
LucianADC	67	Leans against itbetween 34% and 53%
SivirADC	66	Leans against itbetween 34% and 54%
SeraphineSUP	66	Leans against itbetween 34% and 54%
EzrealADC	63	Leans its waybetween 48% and 68%
ThreshSUP	61	Leans its waybetween 47% and 67%
HweiMID	60	Leans against itbetween 35% and 56%
OriannaMID	54	Leans its waybetween 44% and 66%
KarmaSUP	54	Favourablebetween 54% and 75%
RakanSUP	54	Leans against itbetween 30% and 52%
XayahADC	53	Leans against itbetween 35% and 57%
Xin ZhaoJGL	52	Evenbetween 41% and 63%
AmbessaTOP	51	Evenbetween 40% and 62%
RenektonTOP	50	Leans against itbetween 33% and 56%
BlitzcrankSUP	48	Leans its waybetween 42% and 66%
BardSUP	46	Leans against itbetween 34% and 58%
TrundleJGL	45	Leans against itbetween 29% and 52%
RyzeMID	45	Leans its waybetween 50% and 73%
GnarTOP	44	Leans against itbetween 34% and 58%
LilliaJGL	44	Leans against itbetween 28% and 51%
AuroraMID	44	Evenbetween 40% and 64%
ApheliosADC	43	Evenbetween 39% and 63%
MalphiteTOP	41	Leans its waybetween 41% and 66%
NocturneJGL	41	Leans against itbetween 34% and 59%
SylasJGL	41	Leans against itbetween 28% and 52%
ZeriADC	41	Leans against itbetween 34% and 59%
OlafTOP	40	Evenbetween 35% and 60%
AatroxTOP	39	Leans against itbetween 34% and 59%
QiyanaJGL	39	Leans its waybetween 46% and 71%
SylasMID	39	Leans against itbetween 31% and 57%
AlistarSUP	39	Leans against itbetween 27% and 52%
GalioMID	38	Leans its waybetween 50% and 75%
SejuaniJGL	37	Evenbetween 36% and 62%
AkaliMID	37	Evenbetween 36% and 62%
YoneMID	37	Leans against itbetween 33% and 59%
ShenTOP	36	Evenbetween 34% and 61%
YoneTOP	36	Leans its waybetween 47% and 73%
JaxTOP	35	Leans its waybetween 46% and 72%
ZaahenTOP	35	Leans against itbetween 30% and 57%
Cho'GathJGL	35	Evenbetween 35% and 62%
LissandraMID	35	Leans against itbetween 28% and 54%
LockeMID	35	Leans its waybetween 46% and 72%
GwenTOP	33	Leans against itbetween 27% and 54%
RumbleTOP	32	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
PantheonJGL	32	Leans its waybetween 39% and 67%
ViegoJGL	32	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
CamilleTOP	31	Evenbetween 34% and 63%
LeBlancMID	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
ZiggsADC	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
NamiSUP	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
XerathMID	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
VarusADC	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
CorkiADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
NasusTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
YuumiSUP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
ZacJGL	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
KalistaADC	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
TaliyahMID	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
YorickTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
NeekoSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
SettTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
GravesJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
YasuoMID	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
JayceTOP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
AniviaMID	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
LuxSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
GangplankTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
GragasTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
KennenTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
AzirMID	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
GarenTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
MelMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
VeigarMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
ZedMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
PoppySUP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
FioraTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
AmumuJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
KaynJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
NidaleeJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
GalioMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
MalzaharMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
VexMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ZiggsMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SmolderADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SorakaSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
Tahm KenchTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
GwenJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
AnnieMID	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
MorganaSUP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
AkaliTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SingedTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
CamilleSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
PykeSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
MaokaiJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ZedJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Aurelion SolMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
VladimirMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
TwitchADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
MaokaiSUP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
PoppyTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Rek'SaiJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
EkkoMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
SwainMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
IllaoiTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
PantheonTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
UrgotTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
VolibearTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AatroxJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
JayceJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
TristanaMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Vel'KozMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
SennaSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
SwainTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
TrundleTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
TalonJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
LuxMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SyndraADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
JannaSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
IreliaTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
VayneTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
DianaJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
HecarimJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
DianaMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
FizzMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SionMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZoeMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MelADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SeraphineADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ViktorADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SonaSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Tahm KenchSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZileanSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MaokaiTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZyraJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
IreliaMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
KassadinMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MorganaMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SeraphineMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
DravenADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
HweiADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AmumuSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PantheonSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZyraSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
DariusTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
KledTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AmbessaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
IvernJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
KindredJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
OlafJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VolibearJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
WarwickJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZaahenJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
RenektonMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Kog'MawADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VayneADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VeigarADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
XerathADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 192 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 1,185 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, all regions.

Patch16.21 · 107 games
2 patches464 games
Window1,185 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Grasp of the Undying+

Inspiration

91% · 97 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite

99% · 106 games

First maxed skill

100% · 107 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orAftershock+Inspiration7% · 7 games
orHail of Blades+Inspiration2% · 2 games

Other spells

orExhaust + Smite1% · 1 game

107 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

2 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Heartsteel85% · 10:42
Unending Despair72% · 20:12
Spirit Visage44% · 27:48
Protoplasm Harness14% · 10:12
Unending Despair27% · 18:12

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).