Zilean with Shaco
How to Synergize Zilean and Shaco
based on 1,154 Zilean with Shaco pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Shaco Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Shaco
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Shaco
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Understand How Shaco Will Play
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.
Zilean Shaco Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shaco as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shaco. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Shaco helps Zilean perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Shaco, he sees a sizeable uptick in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Shaco supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Shaco on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Shaco. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shaco.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Shaco on the same side, he often receives more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Shaco does a poor job of covering Zilean in team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Shaco
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Shaco?
There is no top ally for Zilean that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Shaco is a below average ally for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he decreases their win rate by -1.9% to 48.8%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Zilean and Shaco that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Shaco has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means you need to be careful when lining up Shaco teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing together, Zilean players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Zilean and Shaco together, you will not be providing your side very much engage potential. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Shaco teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to pair well with Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Zilean and Shaco synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Shaco than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 48.8% helping carry Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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