Quote Originally Posted by lord_khaine View Post
On the other hand, having to run back early or being caught with low life at the end of a clear could just as easily get you killed.
Exactly. I don't think people realize that is impossible to completely clear the jungle as skarner with boots+ 3 and stay at a health that enables ganking. You would either have to skip some jungle in order to gank (thus exchanging certain creep gold for uncertain kill gold) or start regen + 1 and take all the creep gold and have the possibility of perhaps getting a lucky gank before going base.

So either way you have to go base before you gank if you clear the entire jungle.

Again, let me make clear that this is for skarner ONLY, champions like Chogath or lee sin always want boots since they can sustain much better then skarner.