Shaco mains

shaphysclone·9/18/2016, 9:22:11 PM·2 votes·1,438 views

I dont see many shacos but when i do they always build the same thing. ravanous into static and just split push saying hes useless in team fights. as a mastery 7 shaco main you are building him wrong. static offers split push potential but will not help in fights since you are generally jumping into 5 people to pick back line. build a ravanous first after jg item, then GA and a maw. then whatever damage last item such as yoummus or I.E. the damage item can come after GA if you are far ahead and they have weak AP

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L Psy Kongroo9/18/2016, 9:37:51 PM1 votes

Bruiser Shaco is best Shaco tbh.

95% of the time I don't even bother finishing the jungle item. It gives good stats, but rushing Hydra allows you to clear better, sustain while split pushing or in the jungle, and offers an extra bit of burst. After that it depends on what the enemy team is like. If their AP is fed, Maw is a great choice. If their AD is strong, Iceborn into Deadmans. I've found that Shaco's burst is still quite potent with the Sheen proc from Iceborn along with your auto-crit + Deadmans. Deadmans also gives you chase/escape potential if the enemy team has a lot of mobility.

My build usually ends up looking like this: item 3074 item 3025 item 3071 item 3742 item 3156 + either item 3111 item 3047 or (very rarely) item 3117

This build still gives you strong burst while simultaneously making you a lot more difficult to kill than your average assassin. Having 40% CDR is highly underrated on Shaco, as it allows you to elude more reliably with Q, bait more often with boxes, and burst more frequently with E. Black Cleaver is often situational; I don't build it every game, I'd say about 60% of the time. Sometimes it will be a Shiv if I really need to kill a priority target, other times it will be a Zz'rot Portal if I need to split-push faster, or counter someone else's push.

Shaco has a lot more variability in his build path than people give him credit for. I've seen people go DPS Shaco with item 1419 and a bunch of on-hit items. I've seen full tank Shaco, with item 1413 and only item 3748 for damage. And then there are the AP builds (yes AP Shaco jungle can work, it's just a LOT slower to get rolling than AD Shaco). Good Shaco players know how to adapt and are not simply set into the traditional full AD build.

Paroe9/18/2016, 9:44:44 PM1 votes

I prefer AP shaco. item 3285 item 3040 item 3030 (or item 3027 ) item 3089 item 3158 item 3165 . swap out boots for item 3135 or dont buy boots at all honestly. you only need them early anyway.

One E has a thousand base damage, and your entire role is to panic squishies. When a level 18 annie or jinx suddenly loses 1200HP, they tend to panic a lot.