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AP Shaco
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Bibbity Bobbity BOOHH!! Jungle
History
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.

Greetings fellow league attendants.
My name is Andreas. I'm from Denmark, and I wanted to make this guide to give you an idea how I like to play my AP Shaco. As I said, this is my guide, my way to build him, and you are free to experiment and try out different strategies for yourself.
This guide will show you a fun way to play Shaco, without getting owned.
I hope you find my build satisfying and totally awesome!














Your AP should now start to build up and reach acceptable levels.

At this point, your gankability should be through the roof.

By now, you should be “WOW”, and the opponents would fear you if they had got the time before you killed them. However, you still got room for two more items!

"situation".
Enemy is running toward you, panic.. Hurry, setup a box, wait until the enemy gets feared and then decive away.. (ofc, start running right after placing the box). And then if another enemy appears, your box and decive have a better chance to be off cooldown, and then much greater chance that your mana is still up.




















AP-shaco can use the



And it's also a great help against the tanks. Of course it stacks your


Its all up to you. This is just my guide where i showyou what i'll prefer, as my items, during a game with Shaco, the AP jester.


Other good choices:








As you can see, I choose flat AP runes, and magic-penetration . This will increase the damage dealt by my Jack-in-the-Box in lower levels, and the MP will also increase my damage in higher lvl. By doing this, one can easily grab bluebuff at the beginning without any help. Make sure to run to the golem as soon as possible, and spam dolls until it spawns.
My masteries is divided 9/0/21, and I chose a UTILITY build for several reasons. You need a little mana regen, as you will be spamming your abilities back and forth. Furthermore, movement speed and cooldown reduction will make great additions to this play style. You'd want the neutral buff duration increase, as you will be getting buffs whenever you can, and lastly, you'll spend some points in offence. Improving exhaust will give you a larger damage output on the given target, and then you'll get some much needed magic penetration to further increase your damage output.
You could also go for a 21/0/9 build, but it's just not that useful, if you want to hold your mana up, and not getting in troubles with your escape abilities because you are running low on mana.
You could also go for a 21/0/9 build, but it's just not that useful, if you want to hold your mana up, and not getting in troubles with your escape abilities because you are running low on mana.

Shaco instantly stealths for 3.5 seconds, and teleports to target nearby location. If he attacks while stealthed, the attack is guaranteed to crit for 40/60/80/100/120% bonus physical damage.
Cost
90/80/70/60/50 Mana
Range
25000
Decive I use my decieve to gank, escape, scout the area and to chase. You can jump in and kill an enemy trying to base, or you can escape through a wall, like using the summoner spell flash. It's also great for setting up ganks. Remember that you will always crit when attacking from stealth, and your damage output will be increased by Lich Bane aswell.
Note: Because of the cooldown, you might not get to use this ability both to enter AND escape the fight. Make sure you are ready to stay in the fight if you use it to get in the fight quickly..!

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 (+0.25) magic damage and it lasts for 90 seconds while stealthed or 5 seconds while firing.
Cost
50/55/60/65/70 Mana
Range
400
Jack in the Box Im using my JITB's to fear my enemy, and make and easy gank. In addition it actually deals LOADS of damage. You may also use 'em like a ward. Put them in a bush, and when an enemy is coming to gank you, they will be feared, giving you time to run. Also, it's a great way to make a trap. Put several JITB's in a bush, and just wait for an enemy to arrive. Easy kill.
Good places to make your boxes

Passive: Shaco's 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
Two-shiv Poison I use this ability to harass, chase and kill. This ability stacks GREAT with your AP, and so you will have HUGE damage with this ability. In addition, it got short cooldown. It's a really good chase too, as it got a long range, good slow, and with Rylais Scepter, it slows even more..!
Team Work
Your part of the team could be to “ward” with your Jack In The Box and scout with Deceive. You should also harass with your Two-Shiv Poison. Make sure to use Jack In The Box during teamfights as well, as a fully feared team is much easier to kill. This can easily give you the upper hand in a hard team fight..
In a team fight, you are the assassin. You run around killing those who try to flee and make sure none of your team mates are being followed when they themselves have to flee. Be sure not to stay in the very middle of a team fight from the start. You ARE squishy, and you WILL die fast if you play like a tank.
Your part of the team could be to “ward” with your Jack In The Box and scout with Deceive. You should also harass with your Two-Shiv Poison. Make sure to use Jack In The Box during teamfights as well, as a fully feared team is much easier to kill. This can easily give you the upper hand in a hard team fight..
In a team fight, you are the assassin. You run around killing those who try to flee and make sure none of your team mates are being followed when they themselves have to flee. Be sure not to stay in the very middle of a team fight from the start. You ARE squishy, and you WILL die fast if you play like a tank.
Greetings fellow league attendants.
My name is Andreas. I'm from Denmark, and I wanted to make this guide to give you an idea how I like to play my AD Shaco. This is my guide, my way to build him, and you are free to experiment and try out different strategies for yourself.
This guide will show you a fun way to play Shaco, without getting owned.
I hope you find my build satisfying and totally awesome!













B.F Sword If you get it right now, you'll get massive crit's.



And because of the



If you dont like the way i build up my items, then just change it :D!















The new buff provides us with MS which is great! crit, damage, ap, as n'stuff! we can use every single bit of this item on our elegant trolling Shaco!.. THANK YOU RIOT! Shaco is back inside!





























I have chosen the runes i have to make a great start for my Shaco. If you can imagine the insane crit they will receive if you decive behind them at lvl 1, you would probably crit 210 of their hp away. Then you exhaust and ignite, the enemy is trying to flee, hes running slowly away, and you just keep stabbing him in the back, and hes dead in 2 sec.
You could pick some Armor-Penetration-runes to, but i recommend that you go after flat AD, because of the awesome damage at lvl 1. The damage allows you to get feed really fast.
You could pick some Armor-Penetration-runes to, but i recommend that you go after flat AD, because of the awesome damage at lvl 1. The damage allows you to get feed really fast.
I have chosen the masteries i have, because you, as AD Shaco needs the extra damage.
Sorery It's very important to get this. The cooldown effect is epic, and it gives you many more gank opportunities , and gives your escape-abilities a much better chance.
hardness
I'm using the points i have in surplus to help me with some armor and MR for early-game. Its not much, but it is in some situations enough to counter a last-hit on you.
Sorery It's very important to get this. The cooldown effect is epic, and it gives you many more gank opportunities , and gives your escape-abilities a much better chance.
hardness


Shaco instantly stealths for 3.5 seconds, and teleports to target nearby location. If he attacks while stealthed, the attack is guaranteed to crit for 40/60/80/100/120% bonus physical damage.
Cost
90/80/70/60/50 Mana
Range
25000
Decive I use my decieve to gank, escape, scout the area and to chase. You can jump in and kill an enemy trying to base, or you can escape through a wall, like using the summoner spell flash. It's also great for setting up ganks. Remember that you will always crit when attacking from stealth. This is my main ability, and it is the first ability i max.

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 (+0.25) magic damage and it lasts for 90 seconds while stealthed or 5 seconds while firing.
Cost
50/55/60/65/70 Mana
Range
400

Good places to make your boxes

Passive: Shaco's 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



Shaco isn't much of a teamplayer, or maybe he is?
You are the one that nukes your enemies, the one that pick up kills and you are the team ward!
Use your JITB's as a ward, so you can warn you teammates, or give them valuable information.
And then set a JITB in the middle of a teamfight is nice to :D
You are the one that nukes your enemies, the one that pick up kills and you are the team ward!
Use your JITB's as a ward, so you can warn you teammates, or give them valuable information.
And then set a JITB in the middle of a teamfight is nice to :D
PROS
1. Extreme amount of burst damage.
2. Really high potential
3. If you know how to then great mobility!
4. People tend to call Shaco uncatchable
5. Really good for soloing people
6. One of the only champs who are strong in all phases of the game!
7. He looks brilliant, maybe the coolest looking champs in the game.
8. He got JITB, makes, a teamfight really easy to turn around, ganks really easy to do, and escapes much more likely to turn out good.
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Cons
1. He is squishy, and if you don't know how to juke and kite you will die alot.
2. Lack in Aoe. Shaco got ult, but naeh. If you need it. Pick up Ravanous hydra
3. Can be countered by champs with large amount of health and armor.














This item saved Shaco like the new

The movementspeed this item provides is great. The passiv makes a decive autoattack from behind dealing massive burst damage. Attack speed and crit grants you only good! These two things makes you able to stay in a fight and solo people of..!

The new buff provides us with MS which is great! crit, damage, ap, as n'stuff! we can use every single bit of this item on our elegant trolling Shaco!.. THANK YOU RIOT! Shaco is back in game!




Okay. I have to make this chapter now that i have provided my guide with a jungle build.
I prefer taking blue at first. stacking my boxes as a true jester, and finishing blue in a sec. pull is not needed, but protection is just fine.
Then i will move on to red, placing the box behind lizard, and then make it attack my box instead of me by stepping back a bit, which provides me with the opportunity to activate my passive and deal 120% damage from behind, striking with two-shiv from time to time. Ill smite it when possible finish it off, get decive and gank mid.
Your first gank is very important. Decive behind the enemy place crit from behind, and setup a box behind the enemy. make them flee, and boom! easy kill.
Now you go to your jungle again, finish of the small buffs and get long sword and boots, maybe some pots. Then you start roaming/jungling around. Don't be afraid to get lower level than the others. You will catch up, as long as teammates don't take your jungle all the time.
I prefer taking blue at first. stacking my boxes as a true jester, and finishing blue in a sec. pull is not needed, but protection is just fine.
Then i will move on to red, placing the box behind lizard, and then make it attack my box instead of me by stepping back a bit, which provides me with the opportunity to activate my passive and deal 120% damage from behind, striking with two-shiv from time to time. Ill smite it when possible finish it off, get decive and gank mid.
Your first gank is very important. Decive behind the enemy place crit from behind, and setup a box behind the enemy. make them flee, and boom! easy kill.
Now you go to your jungle again, finish of the small buffs and get long sword and boots, maybe some pots. Then you start roaming/jungling around. Don't be afraid to get lower level than the others. You will catch up, as long as teammates don't take your jungle all the time.
I will end my guide by saying thanks for reading, and I hope you like it.. If you don't got a brilliant score just like that, you should take some more games. This build takes some practice to master, and you'll learn some good tactics of your own along the way.
GL & HF enjoy my build, and vote up please ;)
BTW.... Thanks to Prince Ralis.. Because he help'd me with my English :D!
And if you find anything i should change, try write a comment before voting down :)
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/irelia-whos-next-169844#lastcomment - My Irelia build.
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/twitch-the-greasy-carry-170031 - One of my best friends twitch build :D!!!!
GL & HF enjoy my build, and vote up please ;)
BTW.... Thanks to Prince Ralis.. Because he help'd me with my English :D!
And if you find anything i should change, try write a comment before voting down :)
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/irelia-whos-next-169844#lastcomment - My Irelia build.
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/twitch-the-greasy-carry-170031 - One of my best friends twitch build :D!!!!
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Shaco, The Demon Jester AP/AD [LANE/JUNGLE]
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