Hey guys! I'm ry_ playing from the Southeast Asia region and today, I present to you my first Skaarf build (my first build in general actually). I'm not too experienced in making builds and such so any constructive criticism is appreciated.
I love playing Skaarf with this build as you can not only get some sweet early game kills (due to enemies underestimating Skaarf's damage potential) but also deal chunks of damage mid-to-late game. Below are just my initial thoughts and strategies on Skaarf as it is still quite early in his release into the Fold, I thought I would share this so that players who have Skaarf can enjoy a new playstyle and have even more fun in Vainglory. For those who don't have Skaarf yet...
fear the fiery flames!
Starting Items
Energy Battery Allows you to use your abilities more times, more sustain in lane.
Halcyon Potion For when you're getting poked down or for when you survive a gank.
First Back
After you accumulate around 1000-1200 coins, finish off the wave and get that last poke on the enemy laner
If you're low on health or energy, teleport back to base, if not, just head down to the Jungle Shop (be alert).
Void Battery An upgrade energy-wise, so you'll have plenty to use on your abilities and more times to poke with your
Spitfire.
Crystal Bit Now you have more poking power, since your
Spitfire will do more damage.
Sprint Boots Skaarf doesn't have any 'natural' way to escape from ganks and such apart from using his
Goop to slow, so these boots will increase your chance of surviving and can also assist you in catching up to that
Ringo who's on 10 health.
Oakheart Increases your health, means you won't be burst down as much and can also stay in fights longer.
Core
If your doing alright, buy
Eve of Harvest followed up by
Chronograph. But if the going get rough, and the enemy is focusing and stunning you a lot, immediately get
Reflex Block, finish off
Eve of Harvest and get
Travel Boots.
Eve of Harvest Synergizes perfectly with Skaarf's burn damage, healing him and thus providing a lot more sustain. The lifesteal works very well with any of his abilities, whether its instant heals or heals-over-time.
Reflex Block Extremely useful against enemies who can stun and cancel your ult. Activate just before you exhale your giant cone of fire and hope that the enemies don't have a fast enough reaction time to stun you while your inhaling.
Travel Boots More health, more health regen, more speed; making you harder to lockdown.
Clockwork The massive cooldown acceleration means that you can use
Spitfire way more often, drastically increasing your output damage and poking ability.
Shatterglass Now the enemies will FEAR your
Spitfire and the burn damage that it brings, this is the time to melt your enemies with that fireball. With your
Spitfire ready every 4 seconds or so, it becomes easy for you to fly in, launch a fireball, basic attack and get out.
Final Builds
For more Defense
Upgrade
Reflex Block into:
Crucible For a large amount of health and a team reflex block (usually bought if the enemy is building weapon).
Aegis If your teammate has already bought a
Crucible, and also to take less damage against enemy abilities (usually bought if the enemy is building crystal).
Metal Jacket Will take greatly reduced damage from weapon-built enemies such as
Ringo,
Taka and
Glaive, improving your chances of surviving and dishing out more damage to them.
For more Offense
Aftershock More often that not,
Spitfire will be followed up by a basic attack to increase the burn damage. Why not use this to our advantage and layer some slice damage and lifesteal on top of that basic attack.
Aftershock also provides more cooldown acceleration, so you can essentially spam your
Spitfire at this point.
Frostburn The slow from this item in addition to the slow from your
Goop will make it very hard for dying enemies to slip out of you or your team's reach.
Alternating Current The increased attack speed will allow you to
Fan the Flames even faster, building up a lot more burn damage while your basic attacks themselves are doing more damage. Great for really destroying your opponents.
Thanks for taking the time to read this build!
ry_
Suppressing Fire
From Hell's Heart
Merciless Pursuit
Afterburn
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