Shaco vs Twitch
How to Beat Twitch as Shaco
based on 5,442 Shaco vs Twitch matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shaco vs Twitch Matchup Summary
Best Shaco vs Twitch Counter Build
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Core Shaco Items
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Guide to Countering Twitch as Shaco
Tips for Playing as Shaco against Twitch
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 Twitch
Spell Shields won't block the damage from Deadly Venom, but they will block the effects Twitch can trigger with it.
If you suspect Twitch has left the lane, let your teammates know that Twitch is ''MIA.''
Twitch is fragile. Work with teammates to focus on him when you're able to catch him out of Camouflage.
Shaco vs Twitch Counter Stats
How to Counter Twitch with Shaco in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Shaco vs. Twitch counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Twitch’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Twitch..
Shaco normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Twitch. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shaco and Twitch
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Who is Better, Shaco or Twitch?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when playing against Twitch, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Shaco makes an ok counter to Twitch.
While Shaco does have a lower win rate than Twitch, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shaco into Twitchas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Shaco also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Twitch. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Twitch matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Shaco is a somewhat poor counter to Twitch. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Twitch.
Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco
Additional Information for Shaco Players
How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Twitch Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to counter Twitch during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shaco most often accumulates a lot less CS as Twitch. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Shaco versus Twitch build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Shaco combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Twitch than with most other common builds. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Twitch with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Twitch as Shaco, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Shaco vs Twitch counters, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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