League of Legends (LoL) Question: Is AP mid shaco any good?
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Is AP mid shaco any good?
I tried AP shaco with my low level cousin and it worked pretty well. I was against a mid kennen (who bought 2 runaans) and it was a super easy lane. I could literally do one e and a lichbane proc on sivir and she was 100-0. The only problem is I've only tried it against low level players and ai...is it any good outside of this?
1.He has terrible wave clear and laning phase and no poke. Also terrible team combat presence.
2.His damage is not that applicable, despite good scaling on his W,E and R and doing well with lich bane, he's easily countered by a ping ward and good teamwork. Not to mention Lich Bane basically tells the opponents who's the real one.
3.Any things AP shaco does, AD shaco can do, and require less resource with more usage.
In brief, laning Shaco is a dead Shaco. If you're looking to one shot people in the face with Lich Bane, use Viktor or Nidalee.
You'd have to be a great mid laner to make him work most of the time as his damage isn't very good so essentially you'll be roaming a lot more, if you don't roam then there is no point playing shaco (and steal enemy jungle camps early for level advantage!)