Shako's constant invisibility thing.....
Perhaps I'm just complaining, but hear me out. I personally feel that Shaco......as "great" of a champion he is, needs a little something more to make him less overbearing as a champion. As we all know, the strategy with Shaco is to literally just pop out of nowhere and the laner is dead. This can happen as early as lvl 2 or even lvl 1 if the Shaco is "skilled" enough to do it. And I understand that's just Shaco's thing. I also know that there are other champions that go invisible as well. However the difference between most of them and Shaco is that its not as instantaneous of a cheese death as it is with Shaco. With both Rengar and Evelyn, there is an indicator that can let you know they are near. This is seen as an exclamation point above one's head. Even with this, you may not know what direction they are coming from, or you may react too late and could very well die anyways. But that's the beauty of these champions. They may assassinate you, but at least you had a second of a fighting chance. A skilled Shaco should be able to perform just as well and kill their enemies with the same precision as lets say Rengar or Eve that has to somewhat think about the angle they can gank from. I know that Twitch goes invisible as well and when he's near it doesn't give an exclamation above one's head. But that's balanced by his cooldown on his invisibility as well as the fact that its not instantaneous. Not only is it a gradual invisibility, its also a speed up over time, not basically a free flash. Twitch needs to calculate a bit more before he performs his actions. With Shaco, there used to be a way to tell slightly which clone is the real one by observing the buffs. However that was changed and now both the clone and the real one shares them to keep you guessing. Even this I feel is the right thing to do, and I understand it was done to make it more fair for him. I'm not saying get rid of the thing that makes Shaco Shaco. But it would be nice to have an nearby indicator just like Eve and Rengar just to make things a bit more balanced. Otherwise there's no real counter to that and it makes the game far less fun to play with an enemy Shaco on the other team. Thank you for your time. I'm done ranting now ^.^