Shaco Build Guide

Shaco Build

Table of Contents

Introduction

1

Abilities

2

Masteries

3

Example build

4

Summoner Spells

5

Skilling Order

6

Gameplay Tips and Random Information

7

Update Log

8

Notes

9

• Introduction

  This is my very first attempt at a guide, ever.I have used only my personal builds, masteries, etc, as I put at the end of this, if you think it's bad, let me know, but tell me why, and also how to make it better.  If you give me a reason to fix something, I most certainly will fix it!
  There will be an AD and Jungling part added later on, I will also improve the already published sections as soon as possible.Remember, this is my first try, it won't be perfect from the start.
  
  Please note, the actual in-game guides, are currently being written, and will be added in the second they are finished!

• Abilities

  Backstab

  This a great passive, when you use his Q with this, it's truly an amazing thing. Even as AP Shaco, this extra little boost in damage will go a long way. ~ 20% bonus damage when you attack from behind.

  Deceive

  This is Shaco's best skill, not for damage, but simply for it's uses. It's a blink and temporary stealth, why run in to gank, when you can just magically appear behind your enemy? Getting ganked? You can pause for a moment to type "/all LOLNOPE" to your opponent, because you just jumped right over his head and he has no idea where you are. ~ Blink with a 3.5 second stealth. You will leave stealth upon attacking or using a skill.

  Jack In The Box

  Early game, these are devastating, late game, it usually won't get you a kill, but it's fear, most definitely will. Use them as wards, if you're ganked the fear will give you time to either escape or kill your attacker, these boxes ruin ganks! ~ A box is placed, a short delay and it will stealth. When an enemy walks in range it unstealths, fear them for a short time, and attacks with magic damage.

  Two-Shiv Poison

  "Kill Button" How about a magic trick? Let's make their health bar disappear! ~ Passive: Your attacks slow enemies, and give minions a chance to miss. Active: You throw your dagger at the target, dealing quite a lot of damage.

  Hallucinate

  You can control this by using Alt+Right click. It has almost limitless uses due to this. ~ Create a clone of Shaco that explodes upon death (or time limit), it has less health than the real Shaco, deals less damage as well. The damage when it dies however, can exceed 1000 rather easily. Clone lasts 18 seconds, and can be controlled by the player (Alt+Right click)

• Masteries

  Please note that the icons are displaying the old masteries, to see the real ones hover your mouse over them, to view the tooltip, which has the correct information on it.
  21/0/9
  
  In Utility:
  
  Expanded Mind x3
  Summoner's Insight x1
  Meditation x3
  [mastery=Swiftness] x1
  [mastery=Runic Affinity] x1
  
  In Offense: 
  
  Mental Force x4
  Summoner's Wrath x1
  Sorcery x4
  Arcane Knowledge x1
  Havoc x2
  Blast x4
  Archmage x4
  Executioner x1
  

• Example build

  TL;DR Verion.
  Boots of Mobility Deathfire Grasp Lich Bane Rabadon's Deathcap Hextech Gunblade
  
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  Starting off with a  Amplifying Tome, and a  Health Potion
  
  On your first back, if you have the gold, you'll want to pick up Kage's Lucky Pick and Boots of Speed, if you can only get one, make it the boots. 
  
  Next, you'll want to get Kage's Lucky Pick if you haven't already picked it up, followed by finishing your boots into Boots of Mobility
  
  Pick up a Meki Pendant and another Amplifying Tome, to build into Fiendish Codex
  
  Finish it all into the Deathfire Grasp
  
  Now you'll want to grab a Sheen, and build it into a Lich Bane
  
  From here, you can build whatever you need more of, some good choices would be:
  
  Rabadon's Deathcap,  Hextech Gunblade,  Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and  Zhonya's Hourglass
  
  

• Summoner Spells

  Ignite and Flash
  I play Shaco as an AP Assassin, so I find Flash and Ignite to be the best choices on Shaco, Flash for it's gap closer, in combination with your Q, and Ignite to just really pile on the damage.
  Some other spells that work nicely on Shaco:
  Cleanse  Let's face it, Shaco is no tank, he drops quickly.  This just helps you drop all CC and Q out when you're in trouble.
  Exhaust  Great for when you're being chased, you can also use it to turn around any 1v1.

• Skilling Order

  TL;DR Version:
  1:
  2:
  3:
  Then, R>W>E>Q
  
  
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  Start with your Jack In The Box, you want to be stacking boxes in the bush at level 1.
  By level 2, you'll want to grab your Two-Shiv Poison unless you are already having trouble, in which case you'll want your Deceive now.
  Level 3, take either Two-Shiv Poison or Deceive, whichever you didn't take before.
  After this, rank your Hallucinate whenever you can, your Jack In The Box will be maxed first, then  Two-Shiv Poison, and last, you'll do your  Deceive.

• Gameplay Tips and Random Information

  Your boxes can be used as wards, stick one in the river bush, you will have sight of this area, and if someone gets close, they are feared and take damage, giving you either the chance to escape, or kill him.
  
  Your Q will go over walls, you can use this to your advantage by either escaping over a wall, or jump in behind an enemy turret, and pick up a kill while they recall.
  
  You can control your clone by holding alt and right clicking, you can use your clone now, to lure people away, bait people, tank turret shots, tower dive, block skillshots, or just be the most annoying thing ever.
  
  Your E has a passive on it, each attack will slow the enemy, once you use the active, the passive is removed until the skill comes off cooldown, so don't always throw it right away.
  
  If being chased, instead of using your Q to make some distance, jump right over their head and go around, often they won't expect you to go behind them and will keep pushing forward for you, not realizing you just casually walked off another direction and got away.  You can make Rammus players rage at you for this, just jump him while he spins!
  
  If you're unsure if you can get a kill, place a box a bit behind the enemy just out of their site, then Q towards them and attack from the front, most of the time they will run back down the lane and onto that box, grabbing you that kill.

• Update Log

  27/11/2011 - Published guide with basics.  Planned AD sections and jungle sections, and more detail all around.

• Notes

  If you don't like something, feel free to comment about it.  This is my own personal build, mastery, spells, etc.  If you think it's bad, tell what's wrong with it, how it should be done, and then why.  I'll gladly change it up if you give me the reason to do so.