How do you play against shaco?

BlueVestGuy·8/12/2015, 10:10:44 PM·1 votes·6,256 views

Like, good shacos. Whenever I play jungle against shaco, I get caught out, die, give him buffs, repeat. When i'm in a lane, he usually pulls off an amazing gank and kill me and/or my teamates. In teamfights, he'll just delete our fed squishies before the fight, allowing his team to fall on us. Like... Yeah, pinkwards, sure. Except you can't put them everywhere and if you just camp where they are, the ennemy will get objectives. What do?

7 Comments

TeemoJenkins8/12/2015, 10:13:00 PM1 votes

Shaco, like Lee Sin, is a good early game invader... but also susceptible to counter invades in a huge way. Good team work is critical, for me if I'm playing against him I wax Sun Tzu and expect the attack so I save my ward for when I'm crossing mid lane as that's typically when he'll engage on you is when you do your opposite camp.

DazedOnlooker8/12/2015, 11:32:55 PM1 votes

Pick Teemo And nuke your lane to hell. Its Shaco-Rage inducing. >:D

insaiyanbacca8/13/2015, 12:13:56 AM1 votes

counter invade, deep wards, pinks, teemo jungle(yes its a thing and its amazing especially vs shaco)

Nox Fleuret8/13/2015, 1:43:33 AM1 votes

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EndlessSorcerer8/13/2015, 2:03:19 PM1 votes

If you are jungling you should deviate from your normal jungling path. Start on the opposite site of the jungle or kill the buff monster first (instead of krugs or gromp) to avoid being invaded at level 2.

If you are laning, play very safely and try to freeze the minion wave outside your tower as often as possible. Ward deeply so you can see him approaching the lane before he stealths.

BlueVestGuy8/13/2015, 5:31:23 PM1 votes

Alright... So either starting with the buff on the side I wouldn't usually start or avoiding that buff.

What about later, in teamfights, if, let's say, he keeps ganking other lanes (that, in this scenario, wouldn't play safe and give him a few kills, possibly feeding him) ?