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Con's
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-Squishy
-Very Weak to CC
-Hard to completely master
-Need a good understanding of counterjungling
Pro's
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-Strong Early Game
-One of the Best Counter Jungler's (Next to Nunu)
-Insane Burst
-Highly Rewarded
Why not these?
Let's talk about masteries for a second, Shaco is infact a jungler(Really now?) but he doesn't need extra damage from his auto attacks so getting



Why these then?
Offensive Tree
Something I've noticed with alot of shaco player's is that they play shaco like a regular ol'jungle. When he is not... No where close....nope....get out.






Next up, I get




Defense Tree
Shaco is naturally squishy and without his boxes to tank at level 1 he would probably be un-able to jungle (LOL!), So to make up for his squishyness I go with


Adding on to that, I also grab

Runes




Quintessence's











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I believe the reason so many people are scared of


Using







During that scenario I know things would have had to lined up just right, But the amount of times it's happend to me isn't that rare and as

Next,











And lastly,










Use the active when the enemy flash's away, or hops away.You can also use it to finish off a kill. Lately I just use it to poke the enemy, pressure, just leave something for the enemy if I fail to gank a lane.

For people that are above the average player, there are other ways to use the clone; because Hallucinate has a slight delay before the illusion spawns, allowing Shaco to evade damage and projectiles, including things such as Karthus's


Another use is for tower-diving, using Hallucinate will reset tower aggro from you to the clone, so if your planning on a dive, try and plan when to use his ultimate, The best time to use it is for escape purposes. This ultimate can also be used to tank towers when backdooring but considering how it dies fast, You need to be able to nuke that tower in a few hits for it to be put to actual use xD
Depending on your skill level if you are able to control yourself and the clone you can also use the clone as a projectile blocker - or the ol' "Human Shield" (He doesn't have feelings so don't worry). You can hide in a bush quick out of Line of Sight, and have the clone run the opposite direction before you start running to divert attention and then "Q" out quick for a hastily getaway. Be careful with this technique though, because champions like


Controlling the clone is simple, HOLD ALT+RIGHT CLICK
Well, I believe every


By starting out with

I go

After I get


As

Your normal jungle route will go
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-Enemy Elder Lizard
-Wolves
-Ancient Golem
-Elder Lizard
-Wraith's
-Gank Mid or Top
Shaco really needs at least one solid gank early on to kick-start him through the jungle phase. How you use the money from that one gank is your choice ;) (I mainly buy boots with it)
Respawn Timers






People in low-elo (Bronze) just can't grasp the concept of shaco, and will probably yell at you for sitting hitting your E / Box on the outskirts of the fight just chillin. But that's okay, because when your team finally goes in and you hop in and they realize the ADC and APC are already dead they still won't take back what they said about shaco ;(
The only way shaco is a good team-fighter is when you have 2 or more tanks and your ADC is jacked. You are capable of pushing with your team and basically running rampant causing chaos wherever you feel necessary and no one can stop you. Why? Because, If they swap to you then that means it's time for your ADC to go crazy on there entire team, While you just hop back into the fight taking nearly no losses.
In team-fights and in general I like to play shaco as a pest, constantly agitating the other team by poking / split pushing / jumping onto someone then cc'ing them while I get away, and basically playing like a complete ********. The more annoying you are as shaco the better chances of winning the next team fight you have :D
Early Game Team Fights
As

Since you most likely will have a tanky top and possibly tanky support, I recommend waiting for one of them to initiate the fight while you get in position in brush,behind a parallel wall, or even behind your team. As soon as your tank initiates use


If the answer is yes, then you should most likely get back behind your lines and await another initiation, or go do something else entirely I.E. Taking objectives, Back to Base, or clear jungle camps.
Mid-Game Team Fights
Something that


Late-Game Team Fights
In late game team fights you as

Late-Game



Split Pushing
Alot of people don't want to admit it, But shaco is one of the best split pushers for a few reason.
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Mainly, for the reason that he is capable of
And that he is able to get out while pushing a tower even when the enemy team JUST got there.
He is straight up annoying, Being able to get out safely then the second they leave he can hop back in and repeat it all over again.








































Will Create more lists and add more information soon.
I will add video's and try to get screen shots of actual game-play / game matches for later, but for now this will do seeing as to how fraps records awfully for me.
Also, I will be adding information / sections to the guide to further increase the guides relevancy to the current patch and playstyles. ^.^
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