Shaco

The Demon Jester

Assassin · Mana · Melee

About

Shaco, the Demon Jester, is a assassin champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at melee range. Their kit focuses on physical damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 9 out of 10: a champion very hard, one of the most demanding champions in the game.

Compared with other champions, Shaco starts with average HP (630), average armor (30) and average move speed (345). Attack range is 125 units.

Shaco has 16 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack8

Defense4

Magic6

Difficulty9

Abilities

Passive · Backstab
Shaco's basic attacks and Two-Shiv Poison deal additional damage when striking from behind.
Q · Deceive
Shaco becomes Invisible and teleports to target location. His first attack while Invisible is empowered, dealing bonus damage and critically striking if he attacks from behind.
Cooldown: 13/12.5/12/11.5/11s · Cost: 40
W · Jack In The Box
Shaco creates a hidden animated Jack-in-the-Box. When triggered, it will fear and attack nearby enemies.
Cooldown: 15s · Cost: 70/65/60/55/50
E · Two-Shiv Poison
Shaco's Shivs passively poison targets on hit, slowing their Move Speed. He can throw his Shivs to deal damage and poison the target. The thrown Shiv deals bonus damage if the target is below 30% health.
Cooldown: 8s · Cost: 75
R (Ultimate) · Hallucinate
Shaco creates an illusion of himself near him, which can attack nearby enemies (Deals reduced damage to turrets). Upon death, it explodes, spawning three mini Jack in the Boxes and dealing damage to nearby enemies.
Cooldown: 100/90/80s · Cost: 100

Tips for playing Shaco

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Tips for playing against Shaco

If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.

Base stats

HP: 630 (+99 per level)
Mana: 297 (+40 per level)
Armor: 30 (+4 per level)
Magic resist: 32 (+2.05 per level)
Attack damage: 63
Attack speed: 0.694 (+3 per level)
Move speed: 345
Range: 125

Lore

Crafted long ago as a plaything for a lonely prince, the enchanted marionette Shaco now delights in murder and mayhem. Corrupted by dark magic and the loss of his beloved charge, the once-kind puppet finds pleasure only in the misery of the poor souls he torments. He uses toys and simple tricks to deadly effect, finding the results of his bloody “games” hilarious—and for those who hear a dark chuckle in the dead of night, the Demon Jester may have marked them as his next plaything.