Champion sheet · Jungle

Skarner

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

9.7%#81 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.8%picked in 179 of 2,644 games
Ban: 2.9%57 bans over 1,958 games, against 0.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle49.7% between 43.0% and 56.3% over 149 gamesSoloQ 49.8%: no clear gap

Median length30 minsoloQ 28.1 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Heartsteel, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of junglers.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.0%
SoloQ
0.7%
3.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.9%
SoloQ
0.2%
1.9% ban rate in amateur play over 1,329 games, against 0.2% in soloQ over 82,299 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30 min
SoloQ
28.1 min
Median of 30 min in amateur play, against 28.1 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Heartsteel, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying88% · 3,098

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 3,525

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 107 games

Core (3 legendaries)35% · 518

35%of soloQ games

Heartsteel
Unending Despair
Spirit Visage

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of junglers.

Absorbs damagetop1%1,829 · junglers: 855
Crowd control (CC)top9%1.3 · junglers: 0.7
Plays teamfightstop18%55% · junglers: 52%

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

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other junglers

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Team damage
Jungle farm
Invade

What it is not

Few duels
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 39 in lane, 49 in mid game and 68 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

368-15 vs 383

7950 vs 796

1,131+76 vs 1,056

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

Skarnerjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 93% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

4.8takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 39 of 100 among junglers368 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 49 of 100 among junglers795 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 68 of 100 among junglers1,131 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 7 of 100 among junglers-428 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 7 of 100 among junglers-702 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 63 of 100 among junglers4.8 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 100 of 100 among junglers1,829 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 82 of 100 among junglers55% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 6 of 100 among junglers15% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 81 of 100 among junglersrank 81 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 91 of 100 among junglers1.3 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 39 of 100 among junglers16% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 31 of 100 among junglers64 · median 66
Invade · rank 26 of 100 among junglers6% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.