INTRODUCTIONIntro & Me Shaco Pros / Cons

PRE-GAMERunes Skins Summoner Spells

CHAMPION INFOSpells Items Infinity Edge on Shaco

GAMEPLAYEarly Game & Route Mid/Late Game Tips & Tricks

Shaco is quite a forgotten champion : a lot of his players are OTP or mains, that's usually not a side pick. That's maybe why he has a correct winrate even if his kit isn't really good right now.

This character is not brain-dead as you can sometimes hear, not OP (Obviously not, since the rework at least) but we'll see all the mechanics he can offer.

It's quite a difficult champion, hard to play harder to master, because he got weakened by a lot of direct or indirect nerfs : his E is now a meme, doing no damages, almost healing the enemy in early game ; you now absolutely need to put 3 points in Q to get a decent duration, ...

Of course, that's not the most useful jungler your team can get. Shaco can't really shine, needs 10 kills to really start being an assassin.

But he's very rewarding to play. You'll get a lot of fun if you invest some time in him.
Even when played AP Top, it's always funny to try some brains, to evade in the shadows or to bait some ultimates/flashs on the clone.
It's more like a crush with his playstyle and overall with the character itself.

The route

Here's my route. I begin by putting 2 boxes at the blue, starting at 0:31. Once it's done, I put one at the gromp, and one at the wolves.

Ask for help for the blue, to do it even faster, your laner won't loose anything.
You'll be able to clear those camps quite quickly, without smiting. Put 1 box when starting the gromp and you should be able to also have 1 extra box for the wolves.

Then, if I know that the enemy jungler started blue, I'll try to steal his red : it is usually a timing where either he is at it or coming at it, if he's not just ward and take it in the bush.

If he started red, let's just take our own red, then gank/scuttle/krugs depending on your health and priorities (look at the map and the pressure/push on the lanes).

How do you farm in the jungle ?

Farming in jungle with Shaco is something active :
You will (in early at least) put a box behind the main monster, and use its fear to put as many backstabs than possible. You are supposed to move a lot to stab whenever it is available.
I usually focus the main monster, then finish off the little ones. I don't know if it is the best but it works.

You can also, by putting a box at the beginning of the fight with the Gromp, temporize it because the attack speed of the gromp is decreasing over time.

You should also rush Tiamat as I said, because it allows you to do Birds way faster, same for krugs and wolves.

Mid Game

I will call "Mid Game" the moment you've got + , or almost.

Congrats.
You've survived the most difficult part of your role. If you still have a positive or neutral KDA and you are even or slightly ahead your opponents, GG !

You can now start to disrespect their squishies, particularly the ADCs or midlaners.
You're still not able to oneshot them (maybe you are, depending of your score and theirs) or almost, so if you have a nice team that follows you and is not really behind, try your best to feed your allies.

1) Don't waste too much of your time trying to help a loosing lane, especially if it is toplane & a tank/bruiser. You'll give a double kill.
2) Don't hesitate to abuse botlane, your ADC is your goal : you need to make him rich.
3) Counterjungle when yours is empty. You are quite safe now, and you can even 1v1 the other jungler.

Just get fun. That's the most important here, because the late game probably won't be as fun.




Late Game

I will call "Late Game" the moment you've almost completed your stuff, same for the enemies.

Good luck. Now they don't have anything to do on their lane, they will group up a lot. Their ADC will be near 4 other people very often, you won't be really able to destroy her and flee. You'll have to sacrifice, or to wait an error. If they have a Guardian Angel, things are even worse. Try to focus another person, or destroy her GA then flee.

Anyways, this point of the game highly depends on what I said earlier : did you succeed in feeding your own carries ?

You are not really useful in teamfight, you'll need to PUNISH. To STEAL objectives, to FINISH OFF people, and to SPLITPUSH. Your clone is here to help you. You can also backdoor inhibitors and stuff like that.

I will maybe do a video to show everything soon, but I'm not really good at editing so, for now at least, I'll just write the tips that come to my mind.

Don't hesitate to check the subreddit Shacomains for further details.


Passive tips :

! PATCHED, NO LONGER WORKS !

For now I will credit White Crow who shows this tip in a video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjNG-BtJlxU



Q spell tips :

You can quickly press Q+B to start backing to base when invisible.
If you have a nashor effect and an upgraded Q, you can even fully back when invisible.
Also works with TP if you play top.

If you cast your R while invisible, your clone will appear, but you'll remain invisible. That is used to make the enemy think that your invisibility has ended.

When using Q, the cooldown starts at the end of the invisibility. If you want to end it sooner, and you don't have any target at range, start and cancel a back to cancel the invisibility. Casting W won't.



W spell tips :


If you cast your W, you stay invisible.

You can block some skillshots with your W during it's activation time (when it's shooting or before it becomes invisible).

You can use it as a ward + potential slow for your laners.

The enemy can smite them. Beware.

I usually use them to tank a turret hit when I dive or when I want to push. If you have a cannon minion, put a box when the turret is focused on the minion, so the box will deal some damages then still tank a hit.



E spell tips :


Your E is a finisher. Only use it at the end of your combo AND when the enemy flashed or is no more in range. Enjoy E's passive effect : free slow on every auto-attack when it's not on cooldown. + If you play with it will help even more.



Ultimate tips :


You can hop some walls with it since an update that allows you to choose where you'll appear after the cast. [Video INCOMING]

Shaco's clone can't auto attack Nexus or Inhibitor if you press R. You need to Alt+Right Mouse Clic to make it attack.

If your clone is too far away and you need it soon (used to block skillshots but you need a lot of practice for it), make him walk even farther : he will soon teleport to you.

After using R, hit the enemy with both Shaco and his clone, then if you're low make the clone run away ; in most of the cases the enemy will chase it or flee without paying attention to you. If you do it multiple times, try to swap positions and run away with the real Shaco. Always be unpredictable.