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Where players rank Shaco on the community tier list. One vote per account.
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Classic loadouts
Builds for Shaco
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Abilities
P
Backstab
Shaco deals 20% bonus damage when attacking from behind.
Q
Deceive
Shaco teleports nearby and becomes Invisible for 3.5 seconds. His next basic attack within the next 6 seconds will critically strike for (100% +[ 140 / 160 / 180 / 200 / 220 ])% damage. Invisible units cannot be revealed except by turrets or True Sight.
100% +140 / 160 / 180 / 200 / 220%
W
Jack In The Box
Shaco creates a trap that becomes Invisible after 2 seconds and lasts for 60 seconds. It activates when an enemy comes near Fearing nearby enemies for 0.5 / 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 seconds. Once activated, the trap fires at nearby enemies for 5 seconds, dealing 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 magic damage. (+20% AP)
35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95+20% AP
E
Two-Shiv Poison
Passive: While this Ability is off Cooldown, Shaco's Attacks Slow the target by 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% for 2 seconds. Also reduces minions' chance to hit by 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30% for 2 seconds. Active: Shaco throws a shiv, dealing 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 magic damage to target enemy and Slowing by 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% for 3 seconds. (+100% bonus AD, +100% AP)
50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210+100% bonus AD+100% AP
R
Hallucinate
Ultimate
Shaco vanishes briefly and reappears with a clone that lasts up to 18 seconds. The clone deals 75% of Shaco's damage and receives 50% increased damage. On death, the clone detonates, dealing 300 / 450 / 600 magic damage to nearby enemies. (+100% AP)
300 / 450 / 600+100% AP
How Shaco plays
Editorial Reading of the kit above, not a sourced claim - the numbers inside it were checked against the client before publishing.
Shaco wins by making sure you're never quite sure what you're looking at. Deceive blinks him to a nearby spot and turns him invisible for several seconds, and his next attack out of that stealth hits much harder, which makes ambushing an isolated target his bread and butter. Jack in the Box goes invisible shortly after being placed and fears anyone who wanders too close, quietly turning brush and jungle paths into places you shouldn't just walk into blind. Two-Shiv Poison adds a passive slow to his attacks while it's off cooldown, along with a thrown version for poke at range. Backstab rewards positioning behind a target with bonus damage, which fits his whole kit of getting somewhere he shouldn't be able to reach. Hallucinate is the trick that defines him late game, a clone that deals real damage and explodes on death, good enough to bait out an ultimate or a full team's attention while the real Shaco does something else entirely.
Counters & matchups
Plays well with
Deceive and box control beat junglers with predictable pathing; armor stackers and duelists who can fight at the camp beat him.
"In lane" means both champions are played in the same role in Classic; "across the map" represents cross-lane dynamics (e.g. jungler ganks, roaming supports). All matchups evaluated strictly within the 63 Classic launch champions.
What Shaco's kit scales with
Read from Shaco's ability text.
Resource
ManaMana and mana regen apply
Range
Melee125 units
Ability ratios
W
Jack In The Box
E
Two-Shiv Poison
R
Hallucinate
Skins · 6
Catalog and art read directly from the client files (build 18848366a9cb) - exactly the skins the client lists for Shaco, including the Classic throwback skins with their era models. © Riot Games.
Modern vs Classic · 9 tracked changes
Shaco
Base Health
630
525
Health per level
99
84
Base Mana
297
270
Base Attack Damage
63
55.2
Base Armor
30
22.5
Armor per level
4
3.5
Base Magic Resist
32
31.25
Magic Resist per level
2.05
1.25
Move Speed
345
350
Classic: the Classic client's files · Today: patch 16.14.1.