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sylverfyre
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8298 Posts
September 13 2013 18:56 GMT
#361
He's a pretty bad teamfighter and there are better assassination-enablers in the jungle. If you want stealth, there's no reason to pick Shaco over Eve, who can do a lot of the same things (pinkward tax, scary early pressure) while also being able to teamfight better and still assassinate well. If you want high mobility and assassination / pickoff power, there's no reason to pick him over Lee or Vi.
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
September 14 2013 22:23 GMT
#362
On September 14 2013 02:58 nath wrote:
shaco is my favorite jungler, but i just started watching pro LoL consistently (replacing my sc2 watching time, can only watch one :/) and i dont see him being picked. ever. why?

If shaco was competitive viable, soloq would be forever ruined. His strengths are much less valuable to pros and much easier to counter as a team.
Freeeeeeedom
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
September 14 2013 22:56 GMT
#363
On September 14 2013 03:56 sylverfyre wrote:
He's a pretty bad teamfighter and there are better assassination-enablers in the jungle. If you want stealth, there's no reason to pick Shaco over Eve, who can do a lot of the same things (pinkward tax, scary early pressure) while also being able to teamfight better and still assassinate well. If you want high mobility and assassination / pickoff power, there's no reason to pick him over Lee or Vi.


Aside from splitpushing, Shaco probbaly the best split pushing Jungler.

Only thing is doesn't';t make sense to have Jungle splitpush because there are better opption for that in the top in mid lane who are more effective at the role late game.

Not to say that Shaco isn't damn good at dueling, running away, killing towers, backdooring, or generally being annoying, just as a jungler he'd be behind in gold compared to a Zed/Shen/Nidalee/TF/Fizz that are splitpushing so would not be able to tduel them.

Shaco also doesn't put out nearly as much map pressure in high level games because people dont derp push against Shaco.

That and he just oldschool and how classes. There is no reason to pick Shaco over Eve or Zac at a high level.
SidianTheBard
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2474 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-15 01:05:22
September 15 2013 01:04 GMT
#364
I like to pick shaco when we have a tanky top laner that will group up in mid-game and my team can roam as 4. This allows you to pick up some of that extra farm by split pushing that lane. Shaco is a very very very strong split pusher and duelist, especially once he gets a couple items he's basically able to 1v1 just about anyone. (not really trynd, jax or zed). Hydra as first item no matter what, then usually shiv into either tanky item or lw.

With Hydra + Shiv you clear waves in about 1 second and you push towers down like mad because you have your damage, your clones damage and JitB damage.

If you do ever manage to get your Hydra, Shiv, LW & Tanky item, your team fight at that point is actually pretty damn good. You basically have to play like Eve does, where you sit to the side and try your best to flank behind them. If you can Q onto their AP or ADC you can chunk them hard because Q crit dmg, shiv proc, hydra proc all instantly. To be fair though, the games where I do get that fed I usually still just split push 24/7 anyway because nobody on the enemy team could 1v1 me.
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jaybrundage
Profile Joined December 2009
United States3921 Posts
September 15 2013 17:01 GMT
#365
Question if zed ults shaco and you ult when he ults you do you avoid the death mark?
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Sponkz
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark4564 Posts
September 15 2013 17:03 GMT
#366
In theory yes, but u need good timing to do it.
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iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
September 15 2013 18:37 GMT
#367
On September 16 2013 02:03 Sponkz wrote:
In theory yes, but u need good timing to do it.


Its actually not that hard.

Same as like Karthus ult, or anything targeted. It kind of liek Fizz pole.
schmutttt
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia3856 Posts
September 16 2013 03:31 GMT
#368
On September 16 2013 02:01 jaybrundage wrote:
Question if zed ults shaco and you ult when he ults you do you avoid the death mark?


Yes you can and it will go on cd, same thing happens with vlad pool, playful trickster etc.

It is a lot easier to time than people think as well.
flexgd
Profile Joined September 2011
183 Posts
November 18 2013 15:03 GMT
#369
For all u jesters out there



2:30 Double Buff Lane Gank (before the first wave is down)
GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
December 04 2013 03:27 GMT
#370
Clearing the jungle is so brutal for Shaco now. Takes forever, and monsters quickly start instantly killing your boxes so you can't even have them tank for you anymore. Anybody played much Shaco this pre-season?
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-04 03:35:26
December 04 2013 03:35 GMT
#371
Dat Kogmaw lol.

He seems very experienced as a Shaco player. He's the reason I still ban shaco.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
SidianTheBard
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2474 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-04 17:45:01
December 04 2013 16:15 GMT
#372
Yeah, I use to play Shaco all the time but man, not getting level 3 after double buff is brutal for him. I actually need to test some stuff on him though because I'm thinking maybe you could put 3 or 4 boxes at wraith camp, instantly smite red when it pops and kill it with some help, then rush other buff and maybe you'll get 3 because boxes should kill big wraith + a little one. Although I still think Shaco is too fast that the early smite on Red means it probably won't be up for Blue, so maybe with a good leash from Bot lane you just save smite for your blue.

It is really nice you can do dorans + 1 pot now though. Although with the changes I'm almost wondering if long sword 2pot would be stronger since it'll give you that earlier tiamat.

I would Red > Blue > Enemy Red in 95% of my games, unfortunately since you don't get 3 after double buff it makes it a whole hell of a lot scarier lol, you can still do that but then you're still level 2 so you don't have your E. Although catching the enemy jungler at red is still very scary since Box + Q + Ignite + You have double buff is still very strong.

edit:
After some testing.....

Starts dorans + 1pot. I run 21/9/0. ad reds, armor yellows, atks blues, ms quints.

0.55 - Put 1 box by red.
~1:10 - There's a blue mushroom next to the stone circle by wraith camp, put box on it.
~1:25 - Place 2nd box by wraith camp.
~1:40 - place 3rd box by wraith camp.
~1:55 - red spawns, place 2nd box down, smite immediately.

Rush your blue afterwards. What this does is the 3 boxes at Wraiths but the 3 boxes at wraiths will kill all 3 of the small ones. All 3 of the small ones + both buff camps = level 3. (Exactly enough xp) If you smite your red asap it will be up by the time you get to blue. With a leash at red from your bot lane you can probably save your smite if you want but you can still do everything solo. With both buffs down and level 3 you still have about ~80% hp which is more than enough.
Creator of Abyssal Reef, Ascension to Aiur, Battle on the Boardwalk, Habitation Station, Honorgrounds, IPL Darkness Falls, King's Cove, Korhal Carnage Knockout & Moonlight Madness.
SidianTheBard
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2474 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-04 19:41:32
December 04 2013 19:41 GMT
#373
oops, nvm. sry
Creator of Abyssal Reef, Ascension to Aiur, Battle on the Boardwalk, Habitation Station, Honorgrounds, IPL Darkness Falls, King's Cove, Korhal Carnage Knockout & Moonlight Madness.
Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
December 04 2013 19:53 GMT
#374
Thanks for the info Sidian! So do you recommend against getting any sort of jungle item and instead rush tiamat for the clear speed?
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SidianTheBard
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2474 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-04 20:32:07
December 04 2013 20:29 GMT
#375
I would probably always start with a dorans + 1pot just because the health, life steal & dmg from dorans is just really nice early game especially if you're planning on counter jungling. I always rush Hydra just because of how strong of an item it is for him. People always underestimate how fast a shaco with hydra can actually push. It's very rare for me to actually be with my team and try to 5v5. If anything I'll come to clean up a fight, but usually I'd rather just keep split pushing because Shaco + Boxes + Clone can take towers down so fast and as I just said, with Hydra you push waves verrrrrrry fast.

My build path is usually Dorans + 1pot > pickaxe > boots1 > tiamat > hydra > mobos > shiv > lw > defensive item. Once you get LW though you can usually 1v1 most people as long as you get a good box down and they take the full fear.

Take Smite & Ignite.

R > E > W > Q for skills. (Start W Q E) (You can start W E Q but I like level 2 Q so I can jump wall by blue to get to it faster)

I run 21/9/0 masteries (might try some 21/0/9 soon to see how I like that)

AD Reds, Armor Yellows, Atks Blues, MS Quints (Full AD quints or even 1LS/2AD could be good as well)

Made up a picture to explain where I prefer to place boxes and usually the time I place them at. (With everything I run my boxes are on a 15.2second CD at level 1)

[image loading]
Creator of Abyssal Reef, Ascension to Aiur, Battle on the Boardwalk, Habitation Station, Honorgrounds, IPL Darkness Falls, King's Cove, Korhal Carnage Knockout & Moonlight Madness.
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-04 22:44:19
December 04 2013 22:39 GMT
#376
flexgd's video is pretty recent and the guy in the video can kill blue and a little lizard and all of red for level 3. He uses blue pot and gets a lot of AP runes though. He just has his laners do the final lizard which takes like 2 hits so no cs is lost.

Other than the loss of 250 gold in the temporary blue pot, what does doing wraiths with jitb do?
Is it because you don't reach level 3 anymore from doing just blue and red and so you start red and wraiths?
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-04 22:42:53
December 04 2013 22:40 GMT
#377
how do I post?
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
December 05 2013 01:20 GMT
#378
On December 05 2013 07:39 obesechicken13 wrote:
flexgd's video is pretty recent and the guy in the video can kill blue and a little lizard and all of red for level 3. He uses blue pot and gets a lot of AP runes though. He just has his laners do the final lizard which takes like 2 hits so no cs is lost.

Other than the loss of 250 gold in the temporary blue pot, what does doing wraiths with jitb do?
Is it because you don't reach level 3 anymore from doing just blue and red and so you start red and wraiths?


yeah, basically
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
December 06 2013 23:23 GMT
#379
I don't think this is that big of an advantage anymore if you have to start blue pot to do it because the kill bonus before 5 mins (was it 5?) is reduced and you'll just set both of you behind gold-wise. Shaco does do well when he's ahead on levels but I think it's still safer to do standard dblade or machete openings.
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Ota Solgryn
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Denmark2011 Posts
June 24 2014 10:44 GMT
#380
The new jungle is pretty easy to get through with shaco now. Even when disrupted. So I think one of his big weaknesses has been removed.

But how to build him now. I am at a loss. I try the standard first jungle item and after that I have no idea. Tri force is too expensive. Ghostblade is too gimmicky I feel.

Anyone have any advice or experience.

I was diamond last season, currently upper plat as I just started playing again after a long break.
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