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Champions 7.21.1 · en_US

Shaco

The Demon Jester

Assassin Resource: Mana
Attack 8
Defense 4
Magic 6
Difficulty 9

Abilities

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Backstab

Passive
Shaco's basic attack critically strikes for extra damage when striking a unit from behind. Units can't be Backstabbed more than once every few seconds, modified by Shaco's cooldown reduction.

Ability videos show the latest version of the spells; they may differ on older patches.

Skins

7
  • Mad Hatter Shaco

  • Royal Shaco

  • Nutcracko

  • Workshop Shaco

  • Asylum Shaco

  • Masked Shaco

  • Wild Card Shaco

Lore

Most would say that death isn't funny. It isn't, unless you're Shaco - then it's hysterical. He is Valoran's first fully functioning homicidal comic; he jests until someone dies, and then he laughs. The figure that has come to be known as the Demon Jester is an enigma. No one fully agrees from whence he came, and Shaco never offers any details on his own. A popular belief is that Shaco is not of Runeterra - that he is a thing summoned from a dark and twisted world. Still others believe that he is the demonic manifestation of humanity's dark urges and therefore cannot be reasoned with. The most plausible belief is that Shaco is an assassin for hire, left to his own lunatic devices until his services are needed. Shaco certainly has proven himself to be a cunning individual, evading authorities at every turn who might seek him for questioning for some horrendous, law-breaking atrocity. While such scuttlebutt might reassure the native inhabitants of Valoran, it seems unimaginable that such a malfeasant figure is allowed to remain at large.

Whatever the truth of his history might be, Shaco has joined the League of Legends for reasons only he knows. He is a terrifying figure, typically shunned by both his fellow champions and the media at large. Only the summoners in the Institute of War know why such a creature was allowed into the League, but most Runeterrans suspect it to be a means that allows the power that be to keep an eye on the ever-elusive Shaco. Unsurprisingly, this champion is popular in places where madness can openly reign, such as among the power-hungry summoners of Zaun and Noxus.

Whatever you do, don't tell him you missed the punch line.

Tips

Playing as

  • 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.

Playing against

  • 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.

In the latest patch

Unchanged since patch 7.7.1

History

  1. Changed in patch 7.22.1
  2. Patches 7.7.1 to 7.21.1Deceive (Q): description, Deceive (Q): cooldown
  3. Patches 7.3.1 to 7.6.1Resource, Health regen, Resource regen
  4. Patches 7.1.1 to 7.2.1Tips (playing as)
  5. Patches 6.22.1 to 6.24.1Tips (playing against), Passive: description, Deceive (Q): description, Jack In The Box (W): description, Two-Shiv Poison (E): description, Hallucinate (R): description, Deceive (Q): cooldown, Deceive (Q): cost, Jack In The Box (W): range, Hallucinate (R): range
  6. Patches 6.4.1 to 6.21.1Resource, Hallucinate (R): range
  7. Patches 5.23.1 to 6.3.1Two-Shiv Poison (E): description
  8. Patches 5.9.1 to 5.22.3Skins, Skin name (35007)
  9. Patches 4.20.1 to 5.8.1Health, Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage, Armor, Magic resist
  10. Patches 4.19.2 to 4.19.3Two-Shiv Poison (E): description
  11. Patch 4.18.1Deceive (Q): cooldown, Jack In The Box (W): cooldown
  12. Patches 4.7.8 to 4.17.1Jack In The Box (W): description
  13. Patches 4.5.4 to 4.6.3Armor
  14. Patches 3.10.2 to 4.4.3Roles
  15. Patches 3.7.1 to 3.9.7Lore, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Deceive (Q): name, Jack In The Box (W): name, Two-Shiv Poison (E): name, Hallucinate (R): name, Deceive (Q): description, Jack In The Box (W): description, Two-Shiv Poison (E): description, Hallucinate (R): description, Deceive (Q): cooldown, Jack In The Box (W): cooldown, Two-Shiv Poison (E): cooldown, Hallucinate (R): cooldown, Deceive (Q): cost, Jack In The Box (W): cost, Two-Shiv Poison (E): cost, Hallucinate (R): cost, Deceive (Q): range, Jack In The Box (W): range, Two-Shiv Poison (E): range, Deceive (Q): ranks, Jack In The Box (W): ranks, Two-Shiv Poison (E): ranks, Hallucinate (R): ranks, Skins, Skin name (35000), Skin name (35001), Skin name (35002), Skin name (35003), Skin name (35004), Skin name (35005), Skin name (35006)
  16. Patches 3.6.14 to 3.6.15Lore, Resource, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Deceive (Q): name, Jack In The Box (W): name, Two-Shiv Poison (E): name, Hallucinate (R): name, Deceive (Q): description, Jack In The Box (W): description, Two-Shiv Poison (E): description, Hallucinate (R): description, Deceive (Q): cooldown, Jack In The Box (W): cooldown, Two-Shiv Poison (E): cooldown, Hallucinate (R): cooldown, Deceive (Q): cost, Jack In The Box (W): cost, Two-Shiv Poison (E): cost, Hallucinate (R): cost, Deceive (Q): range, Jack In The Box (W): range, Two-Shiv Poison (E): range, Deceive (Q): ranks, Jack In The Box (W): ranks, Two-Shiv Poison (E): ranks, Hallucinate (R): ranks
  17. Patches 0.152.55 to 0.154.3Move speed
  18. Patches 0.151.2 to 0.151.101