Shaco has the potential for top tier in the current meta.

NazZomLord··1 votes·492 views

In recent i have been playing just a bit of Shaco here and their and found that he can become a huge threat to anything that is popular in the current meta and can use a huge array of items to accomplish goals. As of right now XinZhao Jax MasterYi Rammus Are giving people some headaches, all of which can struggle on their first clears and rely on some farm and good early ganks. Shaco specializing in the early counter-jungling along with early kill potential in ignite and box layout. He also is amazing at counter ganking. The best part is that each of these junglers are mostly 1 person priority. Its hard to focus one Shaco when two are going for the kill.

Items:item 3053 Your clone gets a copy of the effect and can make for a great tower dive and tanking certain champions. item 3512 Overall good defensive item that gives speed for tower diving. The push potential can be excellent due to your huge map presence. item 1402 Shaco has terrible mana issues, this solves it along with more movement speed for better presence. Later on can be exchanged for a item 3285 if you are full build and just have money to spare. item 3156 Anti burst, your clone receives the passive also. Allows for some nice damage on yourself also. item 3142 Amazing for pushing, running, chasing, its a overall great item. item 1326 SPEED IS KEY. You need all the map presence you can get you want to make sure they think you are any where and could be across the map in a matter of seconds.

Tell me what you think, i have been playing alot of Shaco and i can see the potential.

6 Comments

Modmar2 votes

Shaco is good in the early game. Late he just falls off super hard unless split pushing, so yeah he can be played in upper ranking games, but I doubt top teir. Tanky shaco just doesn't do much either, no AoE so only push potential would be ZZ'Rot, and would be even less useful in team fights since he has low base resist and low base hp. It would be similar to trying to play Tank Jhin

EDIT: It also looks like you're trying to for too many stats and just end up being tanky. Youmuus and and Maw are both good ad items, but Echos is ap, which is nice but eh. I feel like if you'd need to commit fully to hybrid shaco or to tank, when half of your items are dmg and half are tank it doesn't work that well, especially on shaco.

NazZomLord1 votes

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Shaco is good in the early game. Late he just falls off super hard unless split pushing, so yeah he can be played in upper ranking games, but I doubt top teir. Tanky shaco just doesn't do much either, no AoE so only push potential would be ZZ'Rot, and would be even less useful in team fights since he has low base resist and low base hp. It would be similar to trying to play Tank Jhin

The clone makes pushing a literal breeze and provides a advantage in teamfights with two of the same running around. The tanky build isnt even just pure its a bruiser AD build that provides tons of dive and overall damage.

MLDzXnRRR2 votes

KhaZix is just a better version of Shaco and he is unviable... Outside of cheesing you in your jungle and lvl 2 ganks with ignite or exhaust, Shaco brings almost nothing to his team.

undesirable team1 votes

Is this a troll thread, I'm a shaco main... I know what trolling is... This build makes literally no sense. Bruiser is way better. He's early game, most of your items are late game ... try it some more

NazZomLord1 votes

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Is this a troll thread, I'm a shaco main... I know what trolling is... This build makes literally no sense. Bruiser is way better. He's early game, most of your items are late game ... try it some more

Im a Shaco main too, doesnt mean you cant try something new

The Queen Viper1 votes

... or, you could take your jester to top lane and let better jungler champs carry you.

... or, just don't pick it at all and instead, pick a better champ that's actually useful.

Shaco is useless in this meta. In the jungle at least.

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