Shaco didn't actually get any more counterplay, he's just harder to do well with
Q change just raises his CD and guts the stealth, because Riot doesn't like gankers but we also want to suppress farming the jungle.
why didn't you just give him a more noticeable tell? you can barely hear the laugh when he stealths; turn the volume up on it, make the orange cloud bigger so he isn't as cheesy, make him more noticeable. none of the issues people had with him are actually solved; it's just harder for him to pull it off in the first few levels.
E feels terrible as an execute, honestly. he has nothing except auto attacks now, and his poke is neutered so he's even worse in teamfights. It's still a targeted nuke, but it's now only a nuke if you're close to death.
i still haven't gotten the triple box to work once for me in a small few games. as soon as the clone dies one of them eats a random spell or they get AoE'd and pop instantly.
as an aside i'm pretty sure thunderlord's isn't working properly on him; I am CERTAIN that I land a backstab Q, AA, then E, and i will not get the TLD proc unless I throw another auto in
who the hell reworked Shaco so terribly? lol
