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Recommended Items
Runes: AD Shaco
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
Ignite
Smite
Items
Threats & Synergies
Rek'Sai
Rek'sai is my PERMABAN champion. She is able to track you through stealth with her burrow which basically denies you as a champion. You are also not able to duel her early as she is stronger and will one shot you. Try to avoid entering fights while she is burrowed. Try to save your R to dodge her R execute or full fury E bite.
Rakan
Rakan is probably one of the best supports to have while playing Shaco. Your stealth engages are nuts and almost unplayable against.
Rakan
Rakan is probably one of the best supports to have while playing Shaco. Your stealth engages are nuts and almost unplayable against.
Champion Build Guide
Who are you?
Hey guys! My names Jason 'Gooby' Nguyen and I have been a Shaco enthusiast since Season 7. I was an pro player competing for the Oceanic Challenger Series for 2 years and now trying to transition into a streamer/content creator. If you want to find a little a bit more about me, you can find me occasionally streaming on here
Why should I listen to you?
I have been able to hit top 10 for 3 seasons in a row now by playing Shaco. I've been through the thick and thin with this champion, from his W being single target to his Shiv being Physical damage. On top of this, I am currently the highest LP by playing Shaco in the world. https://gyazo.com/f0e8c828f6ca13e84d1654154fa6cfac https://gyazo.com/a80725dc2c2d57ae2e753b4f6ce59675
Why should I play Shaco?
Shaco in my opinion has one of the most unique skillset out of all champions. Shaco's Q Deceive has to be one of the most fun stealth abilities out of all of champions. When mastered properly, Deceive can be used to mind games and outplay the enemy team. Shaco's W Jack In The Box is by far one of the most annoying traps within the game, next to Teemo's Noxious Trap. This ability may seem like just a trap but can be used as a disengage or even skill shot blocker. Shaco's E Two-Shiv Poison is a fun execution which will always land you kills. As a Shaco main, the most satisfying feeling buffering your Two-Shiv Poison with an enemys flash. Last of all, Shaco's R Hallucinate is one of my favourite abilities within the game. This skill is basically what makes and breaks a good Shaco. This skill requires you to have balls of steel and to never flinch while making your choice.
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Shaco is one of THE most oppressive junglers when mastered properly. I know for a fact myself that when I vs a Shaco and he messes with me, I will be tilted for the rest of the game and won't play properly. If you're looking for a champion which can
Have fun Tilt enemy team then you've chosen the right champion to learn! |
As much as I love this champion, he does have his downsides. The most frustrating problem with Shaco is his first buff. If the enemy team is proactive and decides to invade you early game, there is little to nothing you can do about it and will change the flow of the game. Not to mention, there are quite a couple of bugs which make him rather less enjoyable. Some include Deceive breaking stealth when inputting an auto attack, Hallucinate not following your commands properly, Hallucinate losing all senses after you die, etc. |
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How come 3 points into W?
Meta junglers Diana, Morgana, Rumble, Udyr etc, all have a familiar pattern. They are able to clear the jungle extremely fast whilst being able to gank decently. By putting 3 points into Jack In The Box, you are able to clear at a decent speed which can keep up with these junglers.
Also, raptors wont be an issue for Shaco anymore if you do this!
Why not mythic first?
Something that I've learnt with experiences with Shaco is that he is just a walking inventory. The power spike between rushing a mythic first compared to Essence Reaver is very minimal but the difference is the critical chance. Shaco spikes astronomically obtaining Infinity Edge but when buying a lethality mythic, you are delaying that.
What mythic should I go?
Prowler's Claw > LETHALITY There is no doubt in my mind that Prowler's Claw is not THE BEST mythic item to go on Shaco. It gives the most lethality out of other mythic items which is what Shaco wants. Having that power spike early game allows you to snowball the game the easiest. The active on the item itself does BASE DAMAGE depending off your AD and also adds a WHOPPING 15% bonus damage to your combo. If you thought it couldn't get better than that, it also FOLLOWS DASHES which allows you to chase enemies easier. Duskblade > HASTE Ever since Duskblade of Draktharr got reworked, it has been pretty lackluster. It gives the least damage out of all mythic items. Haste is nice to have on Shaco but there's no use to haste if you aren't doing damage. I can admit the passive of going invisible after each kill is fun but other than that this item is not optimal. Eclipse > ARMOR PENETRATION Eclipse is the middle point of mythic items. The 8% omnivamp is borderline useless as Shaco doesn't have many damage abilities unlike Graves. The passive of zooming out is nice but again, you want the most damage and Eclipse just does not provide that. Also, armor penetration is admittingly nice but your job is to one shot the carries, not the tanks. What I've written above are all my personal opinions on the mythic item themselves. What I actually find myself doing majority of games is just purchasing whichever mythic is for the game. You should have enough damage after Infinity Edge already so you buy the mythic depending on which effect YOU NEED |
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Liandry's Anguish > HASTE Liandry's Torment is the best mythic items for Shaco. Haste is a very useful stat for Shaco and not only does this item provide that, the burn damage is absolutely huge. Shaco does not do burst AP damage but rather periodic damage so Liandry's Torment gets ALOOOOOOOOOT of value. Luden's Tempest > MAGIC PENETRATION The burst of damage that Luden's Tempest gives is nice but the cooldown of the item is 10. Two-Shiv Poison is usually on a 5 second cooldown in the midgame so it just feels really awkward. Also, AP Shaco isn't a poke type champion but rather a kite back / disrupter. The magic penetration is nice but other than that i would never build this item. Everfrost > ABILITY POWER Everfrost in theory sounds really good. It has haste, it gives AP, it has a CC so you're more annoying, what could go wrong? In reality, you already have enough CC that the active of Everfrost is sort of useless. Also, the mythic passive of this item kind of sucks, 15 AP? |
These 3 items is what I'd call The Holy Trinity. This is when the game starts to become REALLY fun. From this point on, you are to basically only hover around your team mates and place boxes to peel them. With proper set up, fights should be borderline unplayable for the enemy team as you will have too much set up for objectives. |
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