Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
The Pantheon Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Pantheon sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Pantheon perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pantheon tries to synergize with Skarner, he sees a small increase in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Skarner provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Pantheon is played alongside Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Skarner. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Skarner.
Moreover, when Pantheon plays with Skarner on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Pantheon during team fights.
There is no ideal synergy for Pantheon that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Skarner is a very typical ally for Pantheon. By locking into the same team as Pantheon, he lowers their win rate by -1.0% to 48.4%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Pantheon and Skarner that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Pantheon. That means you should be careful when arranging Skarner comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Pantheon and Skarner together, you may not be providing your other teammates very much AP. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Pantheon to work well with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to get in your Pantheon and Skarner synergy build consist of Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Pantheon included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Skarner than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Pantheon had an average winrate of 48.4% when playing alongside Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Pantheon players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Skarner with Pantheon are shown for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.