Champion profile

Skarner in draft

Played at Jungle in 97% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

12 %

picked or banned · 66th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.2%

Picked 7% · 487 of 6,544 gamesBanned 4% · 137 of 3,272 drafts with bans

Win rate at Jungle

Everything below reads on 472 games at Jungle. · 422 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (3,272 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftMixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

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

03 · With / againstBad against Viktor.Good againstno clear pairBad against

Viktor39%52 gamesBad duo with

Lulu38%55 gamesGood duo with

Seraphine68%40 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

1.1%6,617 picks out of 610,296banned in 0.4% of games · 407 of 98,270patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

3.6%341 picks out of 9,366banned in 4.3% of games · 82 of 1,886patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

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

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

Mixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.

137 bans of 3,272 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G16.6%
G27.6%
G3+8.9%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Vi15

Jarvan IV14

Wukong11

series, of 127 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 (127), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

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

No champion comes out more often at Jungle when Skarner is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

137 games where it is banned · 2,866 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 6:54 (6:48), 1st item at 10:30 (10:54), 2nd at 19:30 (19:36), 3rd at 26:30 (26:00).

472 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	66	Evenbetween 42% and 61%
LuluSUP	56	Leans against itbetween 31% and 52%
Jarvan IVJGL	53	Leans its waybetween 44% and 66%
ViktorMID	52	Unfavourablebetween 28% and 50%
YunaraADC	49	Leans against itbetween 30% and 53%
OrnnTOP	47	Leans against itbetween 33% and 57%
RellSUP	40	Leans against itbetween 33% and 58%
SionTOP	39	Leans against itbetween 27% and 52%
SyndraMID	37	Leans against itbetween 31% and 57%
CaitlynADC	36	Evenbetween 34% and 61%

show 110 other pairs

AhriMID	35	Leans its waybetween 41% and 67%
BraumSUP	35	Leans against itbetween 33% and 59%
TristanaADC	34	Leans against itbetween 31% and 58%
ViJGL	33	Leans against itbetween 32% and 60%
MilioSUP	33	Leans against itbetween 24% and 51%
HweiMID	32	Leans its waybetween 39% and 67%
Kai'SaADC	31	Evenbetween 37% and 66%
JinxADC	30	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
NautilusSUP	30	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
K'SanteTOP	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
SivirADC	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
AsheADC	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
LeonaSUP	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
EzrealADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
KarmaSUP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
RakanSUP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
GnarTOP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
NocturneJGL	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
OriannaMID	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
RyzeMID	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
TrundleJGL	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
XayahADC	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
LucianADC	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
OlafTOP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
RenektonTOP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
BardSUP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
ThreshSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
JhinADC	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
AkaliMID	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
AuroraMID	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
NamiSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
RumbleTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
ZeriADC	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
GalioMID	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
ApheliosADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
AlistarSUP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
GwenTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ShenTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
PantheonJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
LockeMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
YoneMID	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
VarusADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ZiggsADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
CamilleTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
SettTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
VeigarMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
CorkiADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
KalistaADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
NeekoSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
JaxTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LilliaJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
SylasJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
ViegoJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AniviaMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LeBlancMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
GragasTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AmumuJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
LissandraMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SwainMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SylasMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ZiggsMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AatroxTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GarenTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
YoneTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
TaliyahMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
XerathMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SmolderADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
TwitchADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
YuumiSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Tahm KenchTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GwenJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AnnieMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Aurelion SolMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GalioMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
YasuoMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SorakaSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
JayceTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SingedTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
UrgotTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GravesJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZaahenJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZacJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
EkkoMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TristanaMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VexMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MelADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SyndraADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PykeSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SennaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SonaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 120 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 472 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, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 60 games
Patch16.21 · 107 games
2 patches464 games
Window472 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Grasp of the Undying+

Inspiration

93% · 56 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite

98% · 59 games

First maxed skill

100% · 60 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orAftershock+Inspiration5% · 3 games
orHail of Blades+Inspiration2% · 1 game

Other spells

orExhaust + Smite2% · 1 game

60 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.

Heartsteel80% · 10:36
Unending Despair68% · 19:48
Spirit Visage53% · 27:48
Protoplasm Harness20% · 10:00
Unending Despair33% · 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).