Shaco nerfs over the top

Nutcheese3··3 votes·480 views

I wish Riot would give an explanation for the Shaco nerfs other than the fact that he's doing what he was made to do as a hybrid assassin..... Just because he's in a good place right now for players that actually know how to play him doesn't mean he deserves to get nerfed into the ground. It took a long time to learn how to play Shaco properly, and as a result of all that practice, now that Shaco is finally in a good place, it's easier for those of us who played Shaco when he was underpowered/underplayed to excel. That shouldn't be nerf-worthy in my opinion. Yes, his win-rate is high. But again, only because the players who still play Shaco are the ones who are actually good at him. Meanwhile anybody can pick up the new Garen and kill almost anybody without even trying. Or Hecarim for that matter. Or Rengar. Yeah, Shaco is strong. But it takes 3 full items to get to that point: Runic Echos, Gunblade, and a variable third depending on the build. But saying that he deserves nerfs because of his ability to kill squishy/weak champions from stealth is absolutely absurd. That's what he is supposed to do! If you take that away, playing Shaco actually has no point. He can't split push effectively anymore, early ganking sucks, early damage makes me cry, etc. Shaco is going to be in the dumpster after these nerfs. RIP

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WarHero541 votes

RIP any sort of early game sustain if you try to lane top. Shaco players have such a hard time laning early game as is. Now there is no chance for them. Guess I have to try even harder to make it work. Its literally adrenaline inducing to even keep the max skill cap of shaco up every game. Now that I finally made ap shaco top lane work so well I get punished with this nerf.

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