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How to Win Shaco vs Graves Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Shaco

based on 6,151 Shaco vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Graves as Shaco came out of an evaluation of 6151 ranked games where both champions battled each other. This particular counter matchup is fairly uncommon. Shaco has to counter Graves in only 4.5% of his games.

Shaco vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco has done a below average job of countering Graves. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.4% of games the champions fight each other in. In Shaco vs Graves rounds, Shaco’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Graves.

Best Shaco vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTiamat

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeBloodsongOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightBlade of The Ruined KingMorellonomiconThe Collector

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
>
Second ability for Shaco to level upe
>
Last skill for Shaco to max outq

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Graves as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Graves

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.

Advice to Win Against Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Shaco vs Graves Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Graves Image
6.8
< Kills >
7.6
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
7.9
< Assists >
6.8
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
36
< Minions Killed >
59
0.98
< Dragons Killed >
1.57
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.5
7,097
< Physical Damage >
18,225
9,558
< Magic Damage >
874
1,531
< True Damage >
1,618
18,187
< Damage Dealt >
20,718
25,891
< Damage Taken >
31,378
11,241
< Gold Earned >
13,301
1.09
< Towers >
1.75
0.21
< Baron Takedowns >
0.38
8,731
< Total Healing >
14,579
12,937
< Experience >
15,031
33
< Vision Score >
24
11
< Wards Placed >
6
586
< Time Dealing CC >
512

How to Counter Graves with Shaco in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Shaco vs. Graves counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between these two champs. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Graves..

Shaco normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Graves

Who is Better, Shaco or Graves?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually loses when trying to fight Graves, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes a poor counter to Graves.

While Shaco does have a lower win rate compared to Graves, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Shaco into Gravesas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Shaco also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Shaco is a garbage counter for Graves. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Graves.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

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Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Shaco, we analyzed 6,151 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Graves as Shaco comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco often gets less CS compared to Graves. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Shaco versus Graves build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Bloodsong, and Opportunity. When Shaco incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Graves than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Graves with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Graves as Shaco, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Shaco vs Graves counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.

If you need to get Shaco versus Graves tips and builds for a a particular rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all games finished with these champions.