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Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Ability Order
Backstab (PASSIVE)
Shaco Passive Ability
Introduction

Most would say that death isn't funny. It isn't, unless you're Shaco - then it's hysterical. He is Valoran's first fully functioning homicidal comic; he jests until someone dies, and then he laughs. The figure that has come to be known as the Demon Jester is an enigma. No one fully agrees from whence he came, and Shaco never offers any details on his own. A popular belief is that Shaco is not of Runeterra - that he is a thing summoned from a dark and twisted world. Still others believe that he is the demonic manifestation of humanity's dark urges and therefore cannot be reasoned with. The most plausible belief is that Shaco is an assassin for hire, left to his own lunatic devices until his services are needed. Shaco certainly has proven himself to be a cunning individual, evading authorities at every turn who might seek him for questioning for some horrendous, law-breaking atrocity. While such scuttlebutt might reassure the native inhabitants of Valoran, it seems unimaginable that such a malfeasant figure is allowed to remain at large.
Whatever the truth of his history might be, Shaco has joined the League of Legends for reasons only he knows. He is a terrifying figure, typically shunned by both his fellow champions and the media at large. Only the summoners in the Institute of War know why such a creature was allowed into the League, but most Runeterrans suspect it to be a means that allows the power that be to keep an eye on the ever-elusive Shaco. Unsurprisingly, this champion is popular in places where madness can openly reign, such as among the power-hungry summoners of Zaun and Noxus.
Whatever you do, don't tell him you missed the punch line.
- Hard hitter
- Has a 3.5 sec stealth
- Has a fear with his W
- Has a duplication ability which can confuse people
- He's a Demon Jester :D
- Great ganker!
Cons
- Vulnerable to CC
- REALLY squishy
- Will more than likely die without Flash or Deceive off Cooldown
- As AP shaco you are practically useless without cooldowns (CDR helps resolve this issue)
- One of the harder characters to master




Other viable summoner spells:







DO NOT TAKE THESE:





Kage's Lucky Pick After Doran's, i grab this, gives a nice amount of AP for it's price and you gain 5 gold per 10 seconds. (Pays for itself after about 26 minutes it pays itself off.... i did the math)











Defensive Item's



Core Items






That is what my main builds normally end up looking like. His item build can and will be situational depending on whether you need extra MR or armor or even magic pen for that matter. But the 100% ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVES on AP shaco (His CORE core build) are:




The last two items you play with you need. Mejai's can be a core core item, but remember you may not have an amazing game all the time.

Shaco teleports nearby and becomes stealthed for 3.5 seconds.
His next basic attack within the next 6 seconds will critically strike, dealing 140/160/180/220/240% damage (normal critical strikes deal 200/200/200/200/200% damage).
Cost
90/80/70/60/50 Mana
Range: 25000
This an AMAZING ability. It's like having another flash. You can use this to juke people, jump over walls and such. It's funny, i've used this then flash after and i have stolen baron from some people XD. But yeah, you can use this to get in and out of fights or dangerous situation. This ability is AMAZING for ganking as well. It allows you to deceive in and run in more than half way through the lane to appear out of nowhere and gank a lane. Now do be careful when using it. You can use it and get yourself into unwanted spots so care for enemies. As far as juking someone goes it's simple: Most of the time people expect you to deceive in same direction you were running or near your turrets or something. Play with them and go in the complete opposite direction. For example, say you are being chased through the river into top or bottom lane by more than one person. continue running forward and then run into the brush. After that deceive back towards the river, the enemies will more than likely think that you deceived into the brush next to it or towards your turret. :)

Shaco creates a Jack in the Box at the target location. It will Stealth after 2 seconds, and pop out when an enemy comes near, fearing nearby enemies for 0.5/0.75/1/1.25/1.5 seconds and attacking them.
Its attacks deal 35/55/75/95/115 (+0.2) magic damage and it lasts for 90 seconds while stealthed or 5 seconds while firing.
Cost
50/55/60/65/70 Mana
Range
425
This another awesome ability! This can be used in so many ways, it's like a free ward! I grab this ability FIRST. Why? Well simple: You can stack them for first blood! Alright so maybe you will face a team who is smart and wont run into the brush first thing when they see an enemy shaco. BUT you have nothing to lose, Deceive is more of an AD thing due to the extra dmg and two shiv does like NO damage at rank one so Jack in the box is the way to go! I have gotten double kills with those who run into the brush foolishly. As soon as they run in, they are feared and helplessly run around feared while the boxes devour their hp bars. I just ignite and auto attack. Usually one dies if not both but it's fun to play with. This ability is also AMAZING to throw out in the middle of a team fight; mind you it fears for 1.5 (max rank) seconds. You throw one of these down and their entire team is disabled for 1.5 seconds giving your team time to retaliate or cast an ultimate without being interrupted or something of the sort. oh speaking of which, this ability is also awesome because you can use it to interrupt someone in the middle of their ultimate with proper placing of course. Speaking of which, i was unable to get an image loaded for box placing but it's fairly simple: In brushes, spots where people usually HAVE to walk through to get to a lane, near golem, lizard, dragon and baron. REMEMBER: THESE BOXES ACT AS WARDS SO ITS VERY USEFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM! Oh and did i forget to mention, place one down and your teammate can teleport to it :) One last thing; people complain that this ability is op because well it is i'm not going to lie to you. If you build nests you can lure people to them. The 1.5 second fear is enough for the boxes to bring them down. Mind you at max rank each box does 115 damage per second for 5 seconds (that's with NO AP) so give or take the fact that you can stack about 5 of them, MAYBE 6 (with enough cdr, this is due to the fact that they only lasts 90 seconds) that's 575 damage per second..... for 5 seconds...... (not including any MR and the AP you have). It gets to the point where you can literally kill a person with one or two of them and a two shiv poison. I've seen squishies die to two or three of them stacked on each other, and i'm not even there :) oh which reminds me, stack them nicely on each other if you are going to stack them. Why? Simply because if you have one further out than the other a person might activate the most forward one but the others wont rendering the nest useless. Also, you can set them up so they fire from all directions. I made a circle nest before with an opening so when i was being chased by a tryn, they begin to fire and destroyed him :)

Passive: Shaco's basic attacks poison his target, reducing their Movement Speed. If the target is a minion, it reduces their chance to hit by 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% for 2 seconds.
Active: Deals 40/80/120/160/200 (+) (+1) magic damage to target enemy, and poisons them for 3 seconds. Upon activating this ability the passive is removed until Two-Shiv Poison becomes available again.
Cost
50/55/60/65/70 Mana
Range
625
This is another amazing ability :D It is great for harassing, slowing and killing. On top of that it's passive gives you a slow on your enemy with auto attacks! Like is stated earlier this ability has a 1 to 1 AP ratio and this WITH deathfire grasp gives you the capability to two shot people.... and by two shot i mean yes two buttons and they die :). Also Two shiv has a relatively short cooldown and with CDR runes etc that you have it will go down even lower allowing you to spam it alot faster. It's a great harrassment tool. When using this in combo with DFG use DFG first since it does damaged based on the current hp of your target. If i'm not mistaken i belive this has a 1 to 1 attack damage ratio as well so this adds to your damage since shaco already has a base attack damage set! :D So 200 damage plus your AP you can get it to do near or even over 1k damage (not including targets MR of course) and remember that DFG does 30% of the targets current HP in magic dmg + 3.5% for very 100 AP you have. Now This is a very important note i need to make: THIS IS NOT A KILL STEALING TOOL I'll admit it, i've used this myself to take kills and i'm ashamed of it, and i've seen others do it too. It's extremely easy to take kills with it, but don't. Remember even though you are an assassin you need to help your team mates. You can use it to kill those who are running away from a team fight and there isn't someone behind them who you know will kill them. Also use this to slow those who are chasing your team mates. Remember you have the ability to slow and fear and stealth for a bit so use that to help your team. You will gain stacks on mejai's from the assists and i promise you you will get kills later in the game with your two shotting combo :)

Shaco vanishes briefly and reappears with a clone that lasts up to 18 seconds. The clone deals 75% of Shaco's damage and receives 50/50/50% increased damage.
On death, the clone detonates, dealing 300/450/600 (+1) magic damage to nearby enemies.
Cost
100/100/100 Mana
Range
500
This ability........ it's absolutely hilarious. Another ability with a 1 to 1 AP ratio. This ability can and will confuse your opponents because within a recent patch they've made it so that your copy has your items as well. The only thing is that if you have a buff your copy won't have that buff. The detonation has the a base damage of 600..... that's alot plus a 1 to 1 AP ratio, with only 400 AP it can do 1k dmg (not including MR) I've gotten double and even triple kills with this one ability. You can use it to tank turrets for a short time and it helps to take down turrets as well. You send this in to a team fight , make them think it's you and they will all take a nasty amount of damage. It's also quite awesome when you die, it stays alive being uncontrollable but it will explode after it takes it's damage or it's duration is done. I have gotten "kills from the grave" with this :) And last but not least my FAVORITE thing about this ability: It can be used to avoid ultimates such as that of Lux or Karthus. You have to use it with precision and hit R at the EXACT moment when their ults are about to hit you. This will negate the effect of the ultimate. Now as to whether or not you can use it to avoid Caitlyn's ult, i'm not sure (If someone reading this has tried it and can do it please confirm) otherwise you can use it while she's targeting u and move your clone in front of the bullet, He WILL take the damage making him an awesome shield :)

Eh this is his passive, It's only good for AD or hybrid really. So it's kind of useless on him.
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