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Shaco with Illaoi

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How to Synergize Shaco and Illaoi

based on 2,484 Shaco with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Shaco has been on the same team as Illaoi in 2484 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much great data directly from the makers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Shaco play with Illaoi. It is relatively rare for Shaco to play alongside Illaoi as allies. This has only taken place in about 1.8% of rounds with Shaco.

Shaco Illaoi Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco has done a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Illaoi. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.4% of the time the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Shaco when playing alongside Illaoi by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Shaco vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTiamat

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeSerylda's GrudgeOpportunity

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeThe CollectorBloodsongStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Shaco and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Shaco with Illaoi

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 Understand How Illaoi Will Play

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Shaco Illaoi Synergy Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Illaoi Image
6.9
< Kills >
7.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
7.6
< Assists >
8.3
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
32
< Minions Killed >
36
1.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.39
6,983
< Physical Damage >
7,494
10,048
< Magic Damage >
10,083
1,629
< True Damage >
1,612
18,660
< Damage Dealt >
19,190
26,554
< Damage Taken >
26,161
11,363
< Gold Earned >
11,449
1.06
< Towers >
1.14
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
9,304
< Total Healing >
8,932
13,051
< Experience >
13,152
32
< Vision Score >
31
10
< Wards Placed >
10
601
< Time Dealing CC >
600

How to Play with Illaoi as Shaco in LoL

The Shaco Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Shaco sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Illaoi helps Shaco perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Shaco plays on the same team as Illaoi, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Illaoi doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Shaco is played together with Illaoi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Illaoi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Illaoi.

Additionally, when Shaco plays with Illaoi on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Illaoi does a poor job of protecting Shaco in team fights.

Synergies between Shaco and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Shaco
Illaoi

Is Shaco better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no one best champion pairing for Shaco that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, Illaoi is a very typical companion for Shaco. By locking into the same side as Shaco, she decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 48.4%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Shaco and Illaoi that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Illaoi has a much lower diffuclty than Shaco. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Illaoi teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.

Playing on the same side, Shaco players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by grouping Shaco and Illaoi together, you probably will not be providing your team enough support. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Illaoi ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Shaco and Illaoi, we analyzed 2,484 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Shaco with Illaoi comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Shaco to synergize with Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to focus on in your Shaco and Illaoi synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Shaco included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Illaoi than with many other common builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when playing alongside Illaoi with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Shaco players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.

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