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Shaco Build Guide by CriticalShokku

Jungle WHY SO SERIOUS? SEASON 7 SHACO! WIP

Jungle WHY SO SERIOUS? SEASON 7 SHACO! WIP

Updated on June 22, 2017
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    SHACO TOP A LA PINKWARD

Introduction

Hello all readers, i'm CriticalShokku, a LAN Wukong and Rumble main. I prefer top lane as my main role, Shaco being one of my favorite junglers of all time. Demotivating the enemy jungler is never too funny, and stealing objectives and outplaying enemies is the best thing in the game, for real. After reading this guide you will have as much fun as i do playing Shaco.
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Summary


Shaco is one of the most flexible champions in the game. From tank builds, to DPS builds, to being one of the best assassins in League of Legends with a lot of outplay potential, i think it's favorable picking him in any situation. His Deceive and Hallucinate bring a lot of mental games, and he is also one of the most annoying counter junglers in the League. This guide will explain how to do certain things and a lot of builds.
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Pros and Cons

Pros


+ Unholy burst
+ Stealth
+ Fear potential
+ Missing %HP damage
+ Build flexibility
+ Outplay potential

Shaco is a great solo queue carry that can assure your team does well in the early game.
The enemy team has enough pressure already knowing Shaco is the jungler on your team,
because they will be scared to push, even. Shaco is a jungler about pressure, and he certainly does apply it well with his stealth and counterjungling power.
Cons


- Falls off lategame.
- A bit hard to learn completely.
- Poor counterjungling can be punished.
- Is useless if he doesn't snowball early game.
- Does not bring a lot of CC as a jungler.
- Not so fast clear times.

Like any other champion, Shaco has his set of weaknesses, and is not perfect, he falls off hard late game, you can be punished for counterjungling without enough warding or box placement, and if you don't snowball early game you're not gonna be relevant at any point in the game.
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About Shaco

Lore


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Abilities


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PASSIVE
ABILITY
Backstab (Passive): Nice passive that is very useful for bursting and clearing the jungle. Always try to get backstabs, be it on enemy champions or jungle monsters.
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Q
Deceive (Q): The reason we all love the Demonic Jester so much. We outplay with this, we backstab with this, we get out of sticky situations with this. It's the defining ability of Shaco besides his ultimate.
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W
Jack in the Box (W): The thing that allows your first clear to be so healthy, and what makes you escape most situations along with your Q. The fear is awesome.
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E
Two-Shiv Poison (E): The Poison Shiv is a great ability, because it passively slows on your autoattacks and when you use it you will deal missing HP damage. Try to use this in every gank, but save it for last or you're not gonna be using this at it's max potential.
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R
Hallucinate (R):
We've reached this point in the abilities already. The beautiful Clone, the reason i love Shaco so much besides his Q. This ability can allow you to duel the other jungler late game, dive, fear the enemy back into your team, bait, etc. It is great.
Also gives you a small invulnerability window when casted. It can avoid Lux ults, Amumu ults, any stun, can avoid death by ignite, Shaco just removes himself from the game for half a second.
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#1. Hallucinate
6 / 11 / 16

#2. Two-Shiv Poison
3 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

#3. Deceive
2 / 4 / 5 / 12 / 13

#4. Jack In The Box
1 / 14 / 15 / 17 / 18
> > >

We're gonna take 3 points in Deceive early for the 3 second stealth, then we're going to max Two-Shiv Poison for the damage and slow, of course we're only gonna get the Jack in the Box early for our first clear, and zoning, it is a one point wonder. As for Shaco top, we're maxing boxes first because it is our means of outplaying the enemy laner.
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Runes


The runes vary depending of the build, but mostly they always include either lethality, AD or AP depending on the type of build we're using, make sure to bring either one of these. Shaco top's runepage is just a mix of everything that's good for Shaco.
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Masteries

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18 CUNNING + 12 into Ferocity
// Awesome tree for Shaco, but keystone masteries aren't that good in ferocity so we take TLD for the burst.
Q: What do i take depending on my build?
// It's mentioned on the guides up there. Every build must have Thunderlord's, except DPS Shaco. Thunderlord's is too good on this clown to not be using it everytime.
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Summoners


Take when learning Shaco and need an extra escape. Can't really go wrong with this, but i prefer ignite so much over this.

TAKE ALWAYS ONCE YOU'VE LEARNT SHACO. The early cheese is just too much, you can trade with other junglers because you actually have a summoner for 1v1, and this is what makes your counterjungling a nightmare..

Take when going shaco top always. You actually have the freedom (if you're experienced) of taking both teleport and ignite in toplane Shaco, so that's great.

Can't jungle without it, boy.
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FAQ

Q: How can i counterjungle?

A: You must put boxes as escape routes on the entrances of the jungle. Have good vision on the part you're invading and try to save Q as a last resort. More about counterjungling later, on a chapter i will add soon.

Q: How can i juke?

A: You basically use Deceive anywhere unpredictably. You can even do it behind the laner / champion who's chasing you.

Q: How do i use the R?

A: It does have many uses. You can use it to trick everybody into thinking you are the clone. For example, you can throw the ult and stay still and move your clone. That always works for me, you can also avoid Lux ult with it and a lot of other ults too, due to the cast animation that actually removes you from the game half a second.
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