Skarner

 Skarner

Crystal Slash now gives Skarner Movement Speed per stack of Crystal Energy. Skarner's passive has been replaced with one that allows him to stun targets when he builds up spell hits on them.

And we're back with our second Skarner update! We've spoken at length about getting Skarner to a more exciting place since our initial changes in 4.2, but we needed to make sure we were giving him a stronger identity without bringing back his old gameplay issues (particularly his 'feast or famine' problem where he'd either succeedreally hard or he'd get squished without contributing much to a fight).Faker Orianna vs Nidalee

In approaching these changes, we heard a lot of your feedback about getting Skarner closer to his old role as a sticky crowd-control focused tank-bug (arachnid, whatever) and less of a damage-dealing scorpion duelist. Ultimately these changes should give Skarner a stronger identity as a disruptive tank while also giving him more opportunities to peel in a team fight, even if he's behind. We've obviously had to tune back some of Skarner's offensive powers to give him that extra annoyance, but this time around he should feel closer to his old lonesome self.Bjergsen Fizz vs Swain - Mid

Visuals

SHINY SKARNER : Updated textures for base and all skins. Skarner also now has specular maps, making him all shiny-like

MORE SHINY : Added new particles for Skarner's W and his new passive

EVEN MORE SHINY : New icons have been added for all abilities

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NEWPassive - Crystallizing Sting

CRYSTAL VENOM : Skarner's damaging spells apply a 'Crystal Venom' debuff to enemy Champions and large monsters for 5 seconds

UTILITY : If Skarner lands a basic attack on a target with 3 stacks of 'Crystal Venom', he will deal an additional 20-105 magic damage and stun the target for 0.5/0.75/1 second
Scarra Heimerdinger vs Yasuo

CRYSTAL VENOM : After being stunned, targets cannot be debuffed by Crystal Venom for 6 seconds

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Q - Crystal Slash

NEWUTILITY : Basic attacks reduce Crystal Slash's cooldown by 0.5 seconds (doubled against Champions)
Faker Gragas vs Yasuo

NEWCRYSTAL ENERGY : Crystal Energy now additionally grants +3/4/5/6/7% movement speed per stack (up to 3 stacks)

BASE PHYSICAL DAMAGE : 25/40/55/70/85 (+0.8 attack damage) ⇒20/32/44/56/68 (+0.4 attack damage)

BONUS MAGIC DAMAGE : 24/36/48/60/72 (+0.4 ability power) ⇒20/32/44/56/68 (+0.2 ability power)

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W - Crystalline Exoskeleton

COOLDOWN : 16 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 13/12.5/12/11.5/11 seconds

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E - Fracture

MAGIC DAMAGE : 80/120/160/200/240 (+0.7 ability power) ⇒40/60/80/100/120 (+0.4 ability power)

COOLDOWN : 14 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 12 seconds at all ranks

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R - Impale

NEWIMPALEMENT : Impale consumes all stacks of Crystal Venom and deals 50/75/100 magic damage per stack consumed

COOLDOWN : 130/120/110 seconds ⇒ 110/100/90 seconds

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