Skarner/SkinsTrivia

Champion	Ability Details	Background	Strategy	Skins & Trivia

Skins

Skarner was designed by Volty.
Skarner's name is likely derived from an old Swedish mining term "skarn", which referred either to silicate waste rock or iron-bearing sulfite deposits.
Skarner is voiced by David Lodge, Who also voices Galio.
Skarner was first seen in Brand's Art Spotlight. The Art Spotlight was removed when the leak was noticed, and replaced with an edited version.
Some champions, prior to their release, have an article in the Journal of Justice which foreshadows their arrival. As Skarner's arrival ties directly into the fate of Kalamanda, his entry as a champion has been the longest known buildup in LoL's official lore.
Skarner's site of emergence, the Crystal Scar, is the Field of Justice for Dominion.
IronStylus has stated that Skarner's head is based on an EVA unit from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

His joke: "Oh no! I seem to have stepped on one of my cousins!" is most likely a reference to the first Men in Black movie.
Skarner's quote while standing in the brush for a time is a reference to the Pokémon franchise, specificially those who say their own name as their racial cry.

Earthrune Skarner bears a resemblance to the elementals of the Selesnya Conclave of Ravnica in that they are made of bits of masonry connected by a system of plants. Examples of Selesnya elementals can be found here and here.
There may be an upcoming Battlecast Skarner skin because such a character appears in the bottom left corner of Battlecast Prime Cho'gath's splash art.