AP shaco laning, opinions?

[quote=Scarekrow37]This is one of my favorite things to go as, but i always get so much grief about it. I think AP shaco top is a force, i just finsihed a match where i went 15 4 and 6 with him. I very rarely do badly with him, but i never see anyone else play an ap shaco in a lane. Thoughts?[/quote]

[quote=A Chubby Baby]I've done it so many times before, but I still think it's too trolly.[/quote]

[quote=tehAsian]Just because you can do good against bad players doesn't mean it's good, it means the people you play with suck.[/quote]

[quote=Ninja Trigger]one reason you may be doing good with him is people have never fought against him in lane before, but it's just really risky to do. May I ask you how often do you play him in lane?[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]i dont understand how he can even function top. You put any bruiser at top lane against him and he'd lose. AP Shaco can't do extended trades because of how squishy he is and his harass is limited by the ridiculous mana costs. Of course if your enemy is dumb and keeps walking in boxes it'd work but otherwise no.[/quote]

[quote=Ninja Trigger][quote=Embracing] i dont understand how he can even function top. You put any bruiser at top lane against him and he'd lose. AP Shaco can't do extended trades because of how squishy he is and his harass is limited by the ridiculous mana costs. Of course if your enemy is dumb and keeps walking in boxes it'd work but otherwise no. [/quote] Exactly I don't want to sound rude but are you playing him top at level 30? or even ranked? if you are props to you for making it work[/quote]

[quote=Scarekrow37]I play him as often as i can top, unless there's a hard counter up there. Honestly, i just think it's the most fun character to play. I do play him in ranked, but so far i'm still stuck in bronze. I would love to try him against higher level players, but so far no matter how hard i try i can't make it out of bronze lol. And against bruisers i just have a couple different trap locations, then i just farm with the boxes. If the enemy comes at me, either i lead him to boxes, oe he's to scared to finish because i have a trap somewhere[/quote]

[quote=Scarekrow37]just went 11 and 7 in a ranked match where my team went 22 and 48. I was laning top against a darius, ap shaco is mad good[/quote]

[quote=dugiedugie]I don't main Shaco at all, but from what I've seen Ap shaco relies heavily on the "Bush box surprise attack?" If so (I can be greatly wrong) I can only see this trick working on unprepared players and as a one trick pony. Also your team fight presence is drastically decreased if your not in a area that is heavily trapped. Note: For those who haven't watch TrapshotGG's video yet here's the link, enjoy :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsngKj4wxaM[/quote]

[quote=Joxuu]Very easy to counter and isn't that good after laning phase. Tried this at silver, works somewhat well, but haven't tried since in rankeds.[/quote]