Skarner ARAM Mayhem Build

The Primordial Sovereign. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #123 of 173 champions.

CPatch 26.21TankFighterNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: C
Win rate: 48.0%
Pick rate: 2.0%
Rank: #123 of 173
Games: 463,223
Patch: 26.21

How to play Skarner in ARAM Mayhem

Skarner is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #123 of 173 champions, with a 48.0% win rate over 463,223 games. Few players take it (2.0% of games), so enemies will rarely know the matchup well.

Skarner's damage is mixed (55% physical, 38% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It soaks 63,394 damage per game and mitigates another 110,056, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

Most Skarner players go Tank (75% of games), but the AP path, ability power items, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Liandry's Torment, Winter's Approach and Riftmaker, with a 48.6% win rate. For boots, Gluttonous Greaves are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Skarner are The Boom and the Bass, Erosion and Back To Basics. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Bread and Cheese and Brass Blast when you can: they do worst on Skarner. A pair to look for: Ethereal Weapon with CRIMSON COBALT.

Take Flash and Mark (95% of players). Max Q (Shattered Earth / Upheaval) first, then W, then E.

Skarner ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Skarner game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

48.6% win rate · 1% of Skarner games · 5,606 games

Start

Fated Ashes
Tear of the Goddess

Core items, in buying order

Liandry's Torment
Winter's Approach
Riftmaker

Boots on the AP build for Skarner, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	23%
No boots	34%
Mercury's Treads	24%

Situational, after the core

Spirit Visage14% buy it
Bloodletter's Curse13% buy it
Warmog's Armor14% buy it
Randuin's Omen12% buy it

Other build paths

Other Skarner build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Unending Despair, Warmog's Armor		74.7%	47.9%
BruiserLiandry's Torment, Manamune, Spear of Shojin		0.2%	46.9%

Games: the share of all Skarner games that went this way.

Most bought items

Heartsteel72% of games
Unending Despair49% of games
Warmog's Armor44% of games
Thornmail34% of games
Mercury's Treads31% of games
Liandry's Torment28% of games
Winter's Approach27% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean27% of games
Randuin's Omen22% of games
Kaenic Rookern18% of games

Best augments for Skarner

Every card with enough Skarner games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Skarner's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Skarner

1 S tier and 37 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Skarner in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Pursuit of Haste	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Gain permanent 80 Ability Haste on your selected ability. QUEST: Hit…
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier A	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
CRIMSON COBALT	Gold	Tier A	Enemy champions damaged by selected ability are marked for 4 seconds. Attacking a marked enemy consumes the mark to deal (100–250 (by level)…
Mind to Matter	Silver	Tier A	Gain (50% Max Mana) Health.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Celestial Body	Gold	Tier A	Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.

Average on Skarner
53 cards, best first

Below average on Skarner
34 cards, best first

Weakest on Skarner
8 cards, best first

Best first augment for Skarner

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Skarner's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Upgrade Immolate, Armored Impact and The Boom and the Bass come out on top.

The best augments for Skarner in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	The Boom and the BassTier A	Hand of BaronTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	Armored ImpactTier S	Forged By The MasterTier A	The Boom and the BassTier S	FlashbangTier S
3	The Boom and the BassTier A	Sap MagicTier A	ErosionTier S	Giant SlayerTier S
4	Back To BasicsTier A	Escape PlanTier A	FruitifyTier A	HellbentTier S
5	ErosionTier A	Stats on Stats!Tier A	Sap MagicTier A	Omni SoulTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Skarner, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark95% of players · 48.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 45.4% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 46.9% win rate

Skill order

QShattered Earth / Upheaval
WSeismic Bastion
EIxtal's Impact

Max Q first. 70% of players use this order (49.0% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Skarner in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 8.8 / 10.9 / 29.5
KDA: 3.88
Damage to champions: 40,652
Damage taken: 63,394
Self-mitigated: 110,056
Healing on allies: 3
Shielding on allies: 1
Crowd control: 48 s
Kill participation: 69%
Game length: 16:37

Damage type

Physical 55%Magic 38%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Skarner build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Skarner: Liandry's Torment, Winter's Approach and Riftmaker. The most played build is Tank.

What are the best augments for Skarner in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Skarner, best first: The Boom and the Bass. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Skarner good in ARAM Mayhem?

Skarner is tier C on patch 26.21, #123 of 173 champions, with a 48.0% win rate over 463,223 games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Skarner in ARAM Mayhem?

For Skarner's first pick on patch 26.21: Upgrade Immolate, Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass, Back To Basics and Erosion, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Skarner counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.