Aatrox

Aatrox is a bitch - he can easily 1 shot your boxes early on with abilities. If he lands his pull, use that as an opportunity to burn your Q to try and bait him into boxes. Before level 3 you need to play extremely safe though because of his kill pressure.

Akali

Because of her stealth, she is generally able to proc your boxes and pop the shroud to either escape or wait until they expire. Also get ready to sit under tower or roam the second she hits 6. Before that happens, kick her under her tower and try to kill the enemy jungle if they try to gank. An early kill trade can help you get your Protobelt if need be. This allows you to waveclear much easier.

Alistar

Don't try to kill him after 6 unless he headbutts into your boxes. Before then should be a free for all if he extends in any way.

Amumu

He'll typically bandage toss into your boxes once or twice before figuring out its a bad idea. His ult can be bad news, but it's possible to ult out of his ult if you predict when he's about to use it.

Azir

Shaco is one of the few champs that can jump over Azir's ult. Your best bet for killing him is to wait for him to jump into your boxes with his E. If you're laning against a top Azir for whatever reason, it's important to prioritize not dying over farm since he can hypercarry.

Camille

Typically a pretty chill lane. She will probably catapult herself into your boxes a couple times. Even if she gets feared, the jump will still land and damage you. She will only get CC'ed when she lands. It's often helpful to ult out of the damage if she does engage on you. Don't fight her if she ults, just Q and R to avoid it.

Cassiopeia

If you happen to be against this in top, you should be aware that her pool will prevent you from using your Q. You can sometimes use this to your advantage if your laner figures this out and thinks they can dive your boxes since you can't escape. Post 6 try to bait out her ult with your clone.

Cho'Gath

Basically if you don't kill him before he gets 6 you probably won't ever during laning. Ask for a gank before that happens since it's a bit of a Nasus like situation. Occasionally they will try to flash ult you, which can be beneficial if you have boxes, but you have to be extremely careful because of the burst.

Darius

Very obnoxious lane. Winnable, but obnoxious. If he get's a slight lead early game he'll probably kick your shit in the whole lane, so try not to die early on even if it means sacrificing lane pressure or even farm. It's difficult to get him to low health because of his heal, but the biggest threat is if he manages to hook you out of the safety of your boxes. Be careful about baiting by burning your Q. You can ult out of his ult, but be aware that it will reset his cooldown unless he ults your clone so get the hell out of there after you do.

Diana

Easy lane. Her only kill pressure is her ult which jumps into your boxes if you position correctly.

Dr. Mundo

Not a fun lane, but winnable. Don't ever engage after 6. I'm hesitant to even try to bait him after 6 no matter how dumb they are unless I know his ult is down. Grievous wounds can be a situational buy if you're determined to kill him, but in my experience you can just roam a lot since he can't push super hard.

Ekko

You can bait him into your boxes by almost getting stunned. Right before he lands it, use your ult to avoid it. Ekko is extremely centered around engaging, which is super good for Shaco. Boxes everywhere and position accordingly.

Fiora

This lane is a tossup. There's a bullshit trick with Fiora which some people can pull off. If she knows where a turret is, there's a way for her to parry the fear and CC you with your own box. There's a very small time period in between when you enter a box's range and when it triggers. If Fiora walks into range and immediately parrys, you will get stunned. If your laner doesn't know this or doesn't figure this out, it's an easy lane.

Fizz

His jump can AOE kill your boxes. If he's smart, he'll jump after he gets feared and land on them. I suggest keeping most boxes in the backline and put one before the rest of them to bait out his jump.

Galio

You can ult out of his dash and often kill him if he does it into boxes. Same with his ult. If you manage to ult out of his dash, you'll probably get taunted directly after. I suggest using zhonyas directly after ulting if your less than half health or have no turrets. He will sometimes be able to kill boxes with his Q if you drop them and he sees it which is annoying.

Gangplank

This is a tricky lane, but I often center it around killing his barrels. The secret is to be ballsy as hell. Q into his barrels and try to last hit them before he shoots them. Even if you miss the last hit, it's a good excuse to blow your escape so he thinks he can kill you. Lead him back into your boxes. Be aware that his oranges can undo your CC.

Garen

Garen lanes often rely on your laner falling into the Garen player stereotype, but you can win it by baiting him when he charges. His W is a massive steroid for something that isn't an ult. It will block a lot of damage for a brief period, so he will use it when diving your boxes if he's smart. If you manage to telegraph his ult you can R out of it, which will reset his cooldown, but allows you a chance to escape. You can also Q out of it while he's casting it but this will also reset the cooldown. I like to hide in a bush and bait out the ult with clone which works once or twice in laning.

Gnar

Post 6 you have to ult out of his ult, otherwise he'll probably kill you. Before then he'll probably just hop into your turrets. Boomerang can drain your health pretty quickly so don't be afraid to Q out of it if you need to and if you have the mana.

Gragas

He can ult you out of the safety of your boxes post 6, but before then try to get him to use his dash in to your turrets. Be careful about letting him land it since it's often too short to bring him all the way into your box setup. Let him land Qs once in a while if you have a good box setup to bait.

Heimerdinger

Dinger is bad news. He will not engage on you and will kick you under your turret. His turrets have more health than your boxes and don't expire, but they don't do as much damage. Try to get your protobelt fast to keep up with his pushing. Roam as much as you can afford to in order to get ahead.

Illaoi

Don't let her land the curse on you for baiting purposes, it's too dangerous. If she does, exit the range of it. If she ults, Q away because her tentacles will obliterate your box setup. It can be easy to kill her if she's willing to jump on you with her auto attack empower if her ult is on cooldown.

Irelia

She will jump into you a lot usually. Some of the less bright ones will try to wait out the boxes with her defense steroid, which locks her in place and usually gets her killed. If she has ult, make sure you have Q, ult, or both if you're in her attack range so you can dodge at least some of the damage before the cage expires so you can lead her into boxes.

Jarvan IV

He does a ton of burst damage for a bruiser, but most of it can be dodged if you play it right. Don't bait by burning your Q post 6 since you need it to escape his ult.

Jax

His dodge/stun applies to boxes for some reason. This means he can engage on you inside your box setup, dodge all the attacks, and then stun you and your turrets all with one ability. If he activates the dodge, let him hop onto you if you have turrets around you and immediately Q away. You can re-engage after the stun triggers and sometimes get a kill. Be careful about roaming too much since he will be able to take your tower super easily.

Jayce

Obnoxious lane because of his range. Try to get him to jump onto you with his Q when he's in melee form. You can dodge his ranged form Q's with ult or Q. If he engages on you with his Q and misses, you can occasionally turn on him depending on your box setup.

Kayle

Her ranged auto attack ability will mess you up, but post 6 it's often easy to bait her. Depending on when she triggers your boxes they will outlast her ult.

Kennen

Try not to get CC'ed by him - I don't like baiting with his stun because it's risky. They usually get frustrated and dive you with their speed boost. Generally a pretty straightforward lane.

Kled

Most important thing here is that he can dodge box fear and aggro when he loses his mount. This can lead to a lot of frustrating situations where he almost dies. If you let him land his hook he can be baited easily.

Malphite

This lane mostly depends on how predictable the enemy is. If you can telegraph his ult, it allows you to bait super easily. If you can't, you may be in for a rough time. In the latter situation try to bait his ult out on your clone.

Maokai

You probably won't kill him ever unless he jumps into your boxes early on. If it happens later in the game he'll usually survive even 4+ boxes. His Q can knock back boxes and briefly stun them. Best option in this lane is to push him into tower and try to kill the jungle if they gank.

Master Yi

Jump back into your turrets if he alpha strikes you. Meditate will usually not be enough to cancel out box damage. Can sometimes be difficult to bait him if he ults since he will run flying away from your turrets once he's feared.

Mordekaiser

Pushes very hard and does a lot of early damage. It can be hard to keep up but you should be fine as long as you don't feed him. Once he's 6 don't get in range of his ult unless you have Q up and boxes nearby.

Nasus

He will outscale you. As always with a Nasus killing him early is critical. As for a gank if you need to. I like to let him use his wither, Q into boxes, and come out of invisibility by using E or something to pretend like you're vulnerable.

Nautilus

You can very easily ult to cancel out his ult. It's easy to bait him - try to get him to hook into your boxes.

Nidalee

Her ranged form doesn't do a lot of auto damage so it's difficult for her to poke you down. You can ult out of her execute a lot of times. If you have enough health let her land a spear and try to get her to jump into boxes.

Usually don't try to ult out of the snowball, it's dangerously difficult to pull off. Save R or Q for his ult. Ignite him if he's low even if you think you have a kill secured to prevent him from healing. Boxes will fear him out of his snowball.

Olaf

Pretty easy lane. Whether you can kill him or not is a tossup that usually comes down to how they behave when they're ulting. Olaf's ult will negate the CC on your boxes, but not the damage. If your laner continues to run into your boxes, make sure to stay within the confines of what you have set up. Occasionally, they will back out after triggering a turret.

Ornn

Pretty difficult to actually kill him even when he dives you with his dash. That being said, it's also pretty hard for him to kill you. Usually a stalemate, but you should be able to out farm him and kick him under his tower.

Pantheon

Pretty difficult lane to pull off. His passive can block box attacks. You can ult out of his stun if you time it right. Spear will usually drain your health because of its low cooldown. Sit under tower and roam once you get your Protobelt.

Poppy

Mostly a stalemate because of how tanky she is. If you're determined to kill her, try to get her to dash into your turrets. Even let her pin you against a wall if you need to. Usually you can outpush her.

Pyke

His ult is what makes this a rough time. Before 6 he's pretty easy to kill. You basically have to be able to telegraph his ult if you want to kill him. You can Q or ult out of it. Boxes will only trigger after he lands so if you do, it's an easy kill.

Quinn

Awful times ahead. She'll probably win lane, but she'll be useless for the rest of the game if you manage to not feed. The most obnoxious part of this lane is that she is able to bounce off of you and back to her original position without being feared if she triggers a box. This allows her to bully your and deplete your boxes.

Renekton

I ban Renekton in every game, no exceptions. This lane is almost always unwinnable.

Riven

Often difficult if your laner refuses to engage you. She has a lot of mobility to it's easy for her to just call it quits. If you get close to her she'll just CC you can you'll need to escape. You can sometimes get her to ult your clone which helps.

Rumble

Pretty obnoxious but winnable. Don't stay in his ult even for baiting purposes. Make use of your clone to bait him if you need to. He's not too tanky to be killed, but you'll want to wait until you have Protobelt or at least revolver to try.

Ryze

You can zhonyas in his snare which is most of the time how you'll get killed. Go for an hourglass right after Protobelt. Other than his snare you can walk away from his attacks. Occasionally you can get him to teleport himself and sometimes others into your boxes.

Shaco

If the event that you go against another Shaco, whoever builds AD has the upper hand. An enemy Shaco will rarely try and dive your boxes no matter what your build is, so you'll mostly be poking each other while farming.

Shen

Shen is the fun police. His shield zone thing can block box attacks in addition to your auto attacks (thanks Riot). Try to get him to dash into boxes. Even if you get taunted in the process he will get CC'ed and you'll live.

Shyvana

It can be a bad day if she builds AP, but that does mean the enemy's team fights will be worse. Otherwise she won't do a whole lot of damage and will ult into your turrets once in a while.

Singed

Hi pool prevents you from using your Q to escape, so be careful about baiting him. Never chase him. If you get him low health enough that he has to back just take it and walk away. Eventually they usually get thirsty enough to dive you. Usually save your Q until they flip you.

Sion

Usually don't let him knock you up since the CC is too much to bait with. You can ult out of his ult. His shield explosion does minimal damage and he has to be very close to you, so don't be afraid to let him land it on you for baiting purposes.

Swain

Don't let him land his snare on you since it can hook you out of your boxes. Don't let him land his long range explosion either since it empowers his ult. Ultimately there aren't a lot of ways to bait him that aren't dangerous. You can stand in his ult while he's charging it up and escape when he gets feared.

Sylas

Don't let him engage on you before you have Protobelt. He can kill you at level 1 or 2 if you let him. If he's smart he'll steal your ult and use it to trigger your boxes. I have yet to see one do this though.

Karthus

Not exactly a top laner but I'm including him because you can dodge his ult with your ult. Pay attention to the timer at the bottom of the screen above your abilities. Right before it expires, use your R.

Tahm Kench

It's difficult to bait him because of his attack stacks which allow him to CC you if you let him land abilities. Play it safe early and wait for them to get thirsty.

Teemo

I used to ban Teemo every game, mostly because he's one of the most popular ranged champions to be played in top lane. He can push much harder than you and deplete your health from a distance. Your main objective is to not feed him. Sit under tower if you need to. Roam a lot.

Trundle

Pretty basic lane since it mostly revolves around him running at you until he dies from box aggro. Once he ults he'll generally think he's invincible. Since you don't build any MR on Shaco usually, his ult actually does very little for him.

Tryndamere

Try to kill him before 6, shouldn't be super hard because he's engage heavy. I like to put a singular box in front of the res to fthe boxes and try to fight with just that until he ults. Be careful about baiting early since he'll sometimes get lucky with a crit which can knock out a solid fifth of your health or more. Make sure to die as little as possible because he'll usually split most of the game which drags out laning phase.

Udyr

Easy - he has no range and can't do anything besides run into your boxes.

Urgot

Once he gets his ult just straight up don't try to kill him unless you know it's down 100%. You can typically bait it with your clone a couple times a round.

Vladimir

Not a fun lane but not super hard either. He can pool out of your turrets after he gets feared. The drain gives him tons of sustain. Make sure to ignite him early to gimp his healing. Try to get him to chase you into boxes with his pool - he'll get feared when you emerges.

Volibear

Let him run at you into boxes and ult before he flips you. Rinse wash repeat.

Wukong

I haven't seen this in a while but it's pretty rough early - his clone can tank box aggro for him and his ult will CC your boxes. He's super early game dominant so just don't die early and you should be fine.

Xin Zhao

His ult can knock any currently activated turret out of range of him. Don't let him land his knockup on you, right before he triggers it start running towards boxes to bait.

Yasuo

Usually not a hard lane until they hit their 0/15 power spike by getting a triple on the mid jungle and support in the river. He's super difficult to deal with if he gets fed.

Yorick

Yorick is the biggest counter to Shaco in League. I don't ban him because he never gets played though. His minions will jump on you and trigger all your boxes before he even gets close.

Zac

A lot of the time he will jump into boxes. You can ult or Q out of his ult to prevent him from getting you out of safety. Step on his goop so he doesn't heal. I like to burn Q onto blobs to bait.