AP Shaco with an IE: Possible the best current build for Shaco.

So, as we all probably learned, AP Shaco is doing vastly better than any other Shaco right now. With certain buffs to his AP clear, it's no wonder. So, I got to thinking: Snce my hybrid build isn't working as well as I thought it should, what would happen if I only used one hybrid item and one AD item?

Here's the thought process: Assuming no runes or masteries are had and before resistances come into play, we build the following:

Runic Echoes (2625 gold) Sorc Shoes (1100 gold) Gunblade (3400 gold) Lich Bane (3200 gold) Deathcap (3800 gold) Infinity Edge (3600 gold)

Together, this build nets you a nice 340 + 35% = 459 AP and 117 + 110 = 227 AD.

Shaco's Backstab works with Deceive. That said, we can now easily notice that with Infinity Edge, our backstab is only doing 5% less than a normal crit. So, 195% damage of a spell that is already going to be dealing 227 + 80 = 307 from AD and 50% of 459 = 230 damage from AP. = 537 physical damage. 195% of 537 is 1047 physical damage and Lich Bane will then deal an extra 75% of AD (82) + 50% of AP (230) is an extra 312 magical damage.

One spell will be dealing 1359 damage, assuming you hit them from behind. Follow this up with a Gunblade for 250 + 30% of AP (138) = 388 magical damage and a shiv for 125 + 90% of AP (413) + 85% of AD (193) = 713 magic damage.PLUS then Echoes will proc, dealing an additional 60 + 10% (46) = 106 magical damage

Together, using these three spells, Shaco is able to put out 1400 (+8% of their missing health at the very end) magical damage and 1047 physical damage for 2447 total mixed damage to his target.

The build is expensive at 17,725 gold, but this is looking like one of the most promising paths to build assuming you're able to earn gold for it. While perhaps not the absolute best against tanks (you'll only have around 35 magic pen), you'll be able to do what your role says you should. Goodbye, pesky ADC's, midlaners, and squishy jungles.

If my math is incorrect, please feel free to correct it. If anyone would like to work out what it looks like with runes and masteries, by all means, do so. Let's talk about this build, shall we? Thoughts? Comments? Concerns? Know a way to make it better? Let's hear it.