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[7.12 IN-DEPTH] THE NEW ONE-SHOT AP SHACO

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What do you think about a hextech protobelt instead of a gunblade? Protobelt procs lundens too, which means if you use it to engage it's a lot of burst, and leaves e up as an execute (not sure if gunblade active procs lundens)
also in a splitpush pinch allows for proto into minions to oneshot a wave and get to a tower faster which is one of ap shaco's traditional weaknesses (pushing)

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Protobelt isn't a bad choice, but it leaves you without sustain. It comes down to personal preference. Gunblade active does proc Luden's as well.

Fair enough. I'm relatively good at playing guerilla, getting out and just smiting a scuttler for health lol.
Also on another note, I've found that actually finishing warrior and then buying sheen, followed by hextech revolver, before lundens, gives a bigger early to mid game burst as you don't really have the ap to finish people (unless you don't actually finish the enhancement, or sell it around 20-25 like you suggested in another comment). Thoughts?

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Yeah, generally you want to not entirely finish it and sell it if you're actually experienced on . It's better to finish it out if you're learning the champion though because it helps a lot early

Thank you Pure Panphobia for this amazing guide :)

Do you have a youtube channel or streaming ?

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I do have a YouTube channel but I have not been active with it for a while. It's hard to record games at the moment as I work a full time job and have a very young son who requires more of my attention than League. I do plan to start doing it again in the future. Once that happens I'll have the link to my channel in my introduction sections of these guides.

That's great, I saw your guide for lethality shaco, so for beginners what build do you recommend lethality or AP build ?
Thx :)

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For beginners I recommend the Lethality over AP, but the better build for beginners is a bruiser build, due to having more survivability. Lethality relies on AD, making the jungle camps less scary in the early game than when playing as an AP. A bruiser build is the safest build and consists of , , boots of choice, , , and finished with something like , , or . It provides more survivability, high burst output, though not a one-shot, and allows for a decent amount of split pushing. Not to mention it makes stronger in prolonged team fights as well.

Really helpful thank you very much for the bruiser build. I saw that bruiser shaco players avoid full jungle item, I'll try it for the next game.
Thx again and looking forward for your next guide =)

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No problem. I have a lot of guides out actually, depending on what you're looking for. I have a mid/top guide for another champion and several other jungle guides for other champions, as well as a support guide. If you want a link to any of them, just ask. :)

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This is an example for very in-depth guide for . The pictures of the maps are helping the readers to understand how to play with :
- Which camps to clear
- Where to ward
- Where to check for wards with
- From where to gank
And the ranked tips are really good as well
It is obvious that you have put enormous efforts in this guide, I like that.
Upvote from me :)

-monimakaroni

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Hey, its me again ^^

I see you've put alot of effort into this and I'm glad to read this AP Guide, it helps me alot and playing is pretty funny now :3
The only question I have: why are you buying and not ? Sure, obviously you want some extra damage for the lifesteal, but wouldn't be better, because you don't have to get ?

(I'm just asking, because I'm definetly not a -Pro ^^)

- Astrikas

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Oops! I didn't mean to publish this yet! It's not done! xD Oh well, I'll finish it up today/tomorrow. So the reason for this is to assist your early game clears, and because is a lot more useful to have than the enchantment. You don't lose any damage on your because it's 75% AD and 75% AP scaling, but your auto attacks deal more damage. What this does is allows for more gold efficiency, as you're not buying the enchant and then selling it later to get the better version. You end up selling your jungle item after about 20-25minutes anyway so that you can upscale your AP. Sorry for the confusion. I haven't been able to finish uup the guide yet and I guess I hit Publish last night instead of Save. Oops lol

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thank you for your reply :) I see your point and I guess you've convinced me ^^ but why enchant your ? Wouldn't it be better to leave this out, because you are selling it at min 20 anyways? :D
- Astrikas

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No problem! I enchant it mostly out of a love for AD and because I prefer to have a little AD in the early game, but it's mostly a personal preference. If you don't want to finish it though, the best alteration to the build is to get , build a full on and your boots, then sell the once you will have enough gold to finish at least the part of , that way you don't lose your sustain in the jungle. :)

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Thats exactly what I thought of, thank you :)
Let me ask another question please lol ^^ What do you think of garbbing at first back for a faster jungle clear, especially on the ? Well, but this would mean that you have to sell , too :/ Or is it wasted money?
- Astrikas

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Alternate solution. As you go to your red side, place a box by and work another camp. Place another box by after the camp and then go drop a ward. After warding, engage the with your to drag the raptors out into triggering your es, while also placing a third box behind the big raptor. You'll clear the camp just fine and won't have to waste gold or buy an unnecessary item. Although if it makes you feel more comfortable, just buy the . Always play to your strengths and if you think would be better, grab it. :)

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Wow, this is a really interesting idea. I've played to M4, yet but never thought of this possibility to clear . Thanks for this, I'll try it soon! :D

- Astrikas

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No problem. If you have up, you can use it on the big Raptor and do this with just 1 box and live, or 2 boxes and still have plenty of HP.

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Tank you haha, I feel a bit dumb right now..
I'm still trying to optimize my counter jungling with . Can you please add some tipps into your guide focussed on counter jungling? I know you've already done this a little bit in your "Jungling"-Section but these weren't THAT many tips and tricks..

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Likely that I'm going to take much of this and insert it into the guide, but I'll give you some advice/tips here.

Counter jungling is largely based on your own self confidence as a jungler and as the champ you're playing, in this case . Some keys to counter jungling are vision control, map awareness, communication, and knowing the jungle timers. I'll go ahead and address each of these.

Vision Control

Counter jungling is always best done when you can ensure your safety in the enemy jungle. The best way to do that is to ward, usually with a or with a , and sweep with / to eliminate enemy vision. If you see the enemy jungler at his Blue buff and you're near his Red side jungle, then you can safely assume you'll get away with taking a camp or 2 from his Red side. Likewise, if you see the enemy jungler at his Blue buff and notice he's low HP, you can typically get a kill and take the buff if you're nearby. So anytime you venture into the enemy jungle, try to put out some sort of vision.

Map Awareness

So how do you know it's safe if you don't have vision in the enemy jungle yet? Part of it is knowing the typical route of the enemy jungle champ, but if you don't know that, then you can wait for them to show on the map. If they show bot lane for a gank, you can assume safely that his top side is open for invasion and vice-versa. If you see the enemy jungler gank mid from the top side, you can assume he's going to head to his bot side after the gank and you can then ward his top side to gain vision control. You can also counter gank if you're nearby the lane the enemy is ganking, and then if you kill the enemy jungler, his entire jungle is open for business until about 12 seconds after his respawn timer. You can also get a good look at the enemy jungler's HP if they show on the map, and if they're low you can likely invade them for a kill and a free camp.

Communication

If you want to invade and you're unsure about it, but you have a laner who could use a buff, especially if their enemy laner is dead, communicate for them to come with you and try for an invade on the buff of choice. This will give you a 2v1 advantage if you encounter the enemy jungler and even if you don't get the buff or a kill/assist, you can at least get some vision down so you can keep an eye on that spot. You can also communicate with your team to learn the location of the enemy laners. For example, if you notice the mid went missing, find out if she backed and what her HP/Mana was like. If she had a good amount of either and she didn't recall, she's likely getting Blue from her jungler, meaning red side is free.

Know Your Jungle Timers

Knowing jungle timers is very important when you're thinking about counter jungling, especially since it can play into the other tips I've talked about. First buff will usually respawn around the 7 minute mark. If you know what buff they took first, you can use that knowledge to your advantage. Example: The enemy took Red buff first. It's 6:53 on the timer and he's ganking bot lane by his Blue buff. This means in about 7 seconds, his Red buff is gonna be yours for the taking. Likewise, if it's 6:53 on the game clock and you don't see , it's safe to assume he's on his red side, so you can probably take or a non-buff camp from his blue side. If you're super sneaky and already have vision of his Red, you can move to it as it's about to spawn and cheese him out of his red buff.

I hope that's the kind of help you were looking for. If not, feel free to tell me and I'll give it another shot :)

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