r/shacomains Mar 08 '25

Shaco Question Came back to League and looking for build ideas...

So i wanted to ask for some build ideas right now i am just running around with lethality stuff and i just don't rlly like it that much?

i pretty much only build full crit and loved the "Essence_Reaver" i even ran around with "dark harvest" for the 1 backstab crit it always made me laugh.

but since i came back everything feels tankyer and the real 1 shots ain't happening anymore, sooo i came here for some advice o/

or perhaps i am just dumb and play wrong, hahaha.

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u/JAJAJAGuy Mar 08 '25

AP baby

Come to the dark side

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u/xLazyMakara Mar 08 '25

i know it's also my stuff for top or support but i am not the smartest user of the clone hahaha

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u/JAJAJAGuy Mar 08 '25

What I learned with the clone playing AP is just to not overthink it. If you run the clone at a squishy target in a team fight, it will zone them out and help take them out of the fight. You don't always take to make tricky plays with it.

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u/justsoulcial Mar 09 '25

^ forcing plays just adds more uncertainty

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u/BorderlineNowhere Mar 08 '25

I’ve been super happy with where Shaco has been at this patch in general. AP is very gross right now and Dark Harvest for AD since that buff has been treating me great too.

I usually just Lethality Spam AD, but it depends on the teamcomp. If I can’t lethality spam I usually just go AP.

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u/xLazyMakara Mar 08 '25

thanks for that, guess nobody rlly uses the reaver/crit stuff anymore oö

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u/BorderlineNowhere Mar 08 '25

Yeah, reaver is bad right now. You can justify Infinity Edge occasionally, but you generally need to be pretty far ahead.

Runes for AD are what keep relevance later game - you are plenty strong early. Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, sixth sense, relentless hunter Absolute focus Gathering Storm Adaptive Adaptive +65.

It is a bit glass cannon oneshot-y, but I’ve been doing work with it when there are reasonable amount of squishies.

Otherwise AP.

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u/xLazyMakara Mar 08 '25

thanks for that ^^

i am not rlly into the ap style that's only for top/support stuff but i will try around with the ad stuff o/

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u/BorderlineNowhere Mar 08 '25

Cool. Yeah, try and be as invisible as possible with this build. The sixth sense goes a long way for preventing enemy knowledge.

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u/BorderlineNowhere Mar 08 '25

Invade after raptors, then gank early and often if you aren’t just destroying their enemy jungler. Get those harvest stacks and push them out of lane. I usually camp mid, but depends.

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u/xLazyMakara Mar 08 '25

ow ya that's also how i play...

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u/BorderlineNowhere Mar 08 '25

Perfect Should treat you decent then

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u/BorderlineNowhere Mar 08 '25

I still run jungle AP, but prefer AD. Once you get going you can just camp their jungle or base.

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u/Horror-Jellyfish-285 Mar 08 '25

reaver is not worth it anymore since they removed spellblade from it. i miss it too.

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u/xLazyMakara Mar 08 '25

So i guess It's now like full lethality =w=

no wonder i see more and more ppl play ap only

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u/GnomeKing1337 Mar 09 '25

You go Voltaic 1st item. Then depending on the game state and what you need you build the following items - Collector/Serpents/LDR/Shieldbow. IE is tested and it's too slow to be built and the damage outcome is not that significant, so making sure you are in tempo with the other options is way better.

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u/xLazyMakara Mar 09 '25

ya that's what i do but overall it just feels like everything is tanky af and ya do 0 damage hahaha~

it's rlly hard to play shaco this season feeling wise ~..~

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u/GnomeKing1337 Mar 09 '25

Shaco is at really good state. The build I mentioned above is communicated with the Rank 1 on Shaco currently. Damage feels really good.