Pros +Kill preassure +Turn 2v2 in 3v2 with Ult +Good zoning with Jack In The Box +Outplay potential +Great objective control +Strong "duelist"

Cons -If behind, is useless in fights -Item reliant -Hard to master -Mana hungry -Off meta toxicity -His kit doesn't scale well - Oracle Lens counters you

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It's an source of antiheal so no need buying an Executioner's Calling early, deals True Damage and helps to track enemies, by the fog and invisibilities/camouflages. Makes your able to duel any champion early and you can get free kills on lane.

Exhaust is simply way too op. You can reduce more than 1/3 of your opponent's damage, also it helps you to CC someone with your Jack In The Box. Combined with Ignite you are literally unable to lose any fair 1v1 if you play like a human being.

Has insane synergy with Waterwalking, Youmuu's Ghostblade and Deceive making you more unpredictable with more ganking paths, better positioning and makes you easily cath anyone. Mandatory if your focus will be roam.

Don't take that on Shaco, you already have a built-in flash in your Deceive. If you took it by mistake or just like it, isn't that bad, you can use it while invisible without breaking it, making you way more unpredctable. Goes really well with Nimbus Cloak, as it gives you the highest movements speed value.

I know it's a bit odd taking Heal instead of any other spells listed before, but I recommend taking it only if your bottom laner refuses to take it and gets Exhaust(if he gets Ghost, you don't need Heal). Extra Health and Movement Speed for 2 people is underated.

Playstyle:

As an auto-attack based support, Shaco needs to play way more agressive and proactive than his AP counterpart, in order to stay relevant through the game, being more riskier, but also way more rewarding. You don't rely on your Jack In The Box, so Oracle Lens don't affect you as hard as before. Because of Shaco's flexible itemization, you have 2 playstyles:

-Utility:

-Roam:

Is way safer to play as you just need to provide vision, control objectives and disrupt or start fights. Always track your enemy jungler movements by safely deep warding with your Deceive. This is essential when objectives epic jungle monster are going to spawn and before engage in any 2v2 in bot. Lane phase you just need to wait your enemies advance, try to bait some skills and engage, BOOM!!! free kills, thanks to your double offensive spells, which most games will probably be Ignite and Exhaust. Most of your items aren't that rich so chill around, get a kill or two and control the rift.

The fun way to play. You want to destroy the mental health of your enemies. Camp mid, invade and kill low health junglers, go Top if you killed mid and it's free kill and there's the terror of a "double" jungler. Be creative, bait them, abuse your unpredictable pathings to belive that you're going mid by staying out of vision, or use your clone to make them think you're just breaking a ward and BANG, 5 seconds later you're killing mid. Make sure to either finish the game ASAP as you'll have -1 item or guarantee that your teamates will carry, otherwise you might kill the support or the ADC in a pick-off.

Note:
I don't recommend AD supp Shaco if you're not used to his damage. Try at your own risk in ranked games as it's riskier than AP. You'll insta lose if you pick this with full AD comps.

Patch 12.12/12b - AD got better as your E scales better and your burst got stronger.

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Patch 12.13-12.15 Improved guide visuals + Youmuu's Ghostblade isn't core anymore in roaming build as Duskblade of Draktharr grants movespeed now in mythic passive.

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Patch 12.16-12.21 Improved guide visuals, grammar, logic and itemization.

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Patch 12.22-12.23 Some build changes and items viability.

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Patch 13.1 - 13.1b Infinity Edge got viable in roaming build + antiheal rules. Iceborn Gauntlet got viable in utility build because Sheen's extra damage. Death's Dance isn't viable anymore as you can't get lots of AD as Sup.

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Patch 13.8-13.9 Guide Revamp + Updates on synegies and threats.

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Patch 13.10 IDK WHERE I START!!! Infinity Edge turnt mythic. Duskblade of Draktharr is garbage for Shaco as it's meant for ability based champions. Youmuu's Ghostblade now is a mythic, so you can rush it now in roaming path. Vigilant Wardstone now grants you 20% of your stats, but it's more expensive. Maw of Malmortius's shield got nerfed, while costing 100g more. Prowler's Claw got viable for roaming build now, as it has old Duskblade of Draktharr's damage and slow passive. Stridebreaker and The Collector got more stats, without getting more expensive. Lord Dominik's Regards is better now for Shaco as it enhances Magic Damage. Oracle Lens can stack up 2 times now, so zombie ward has more value.

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Patch 13.11-15 Shaco's Deceive got it's Bonus AD and Critical modifier increased. Ghost don't reset anymore after a takedown, but got it's duration increased from 10 to 15 seconds. Youmuu's Ghostblade extra lethality is now 3-12, not that relevant as Shaco doesn't benefits that much from lethality. Infinity Edge Critical modifier got increased. Essence Reaver got a buff for early/mid game but nerfed late game.

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Patch 13.16 Shaco mana regen got nerfed and Jack In The Box cost 70 mana now. Umbral Glaive and Serpent's Fang got more lethality. Prowler's Claw has less cooldown and more damage.

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Patch 13.17 Stridebreaker health got buffed. Future's Market got nerfed until 15 minutes, but after that mark, it outscale by extra 3 gold.

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Patch 13.19 Randuin's Omen is cheaper.

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Patch 13.20 Youmuu's Ghostblade passive has more lethality. Lord Dominik's Regards passive bypasses shield but deal less damage. Waterwalking lost 15 ms but got better for early scuttle fights. Electrocute got a buff in its base damage, but its ratios got massacrated an it's viability disappeared.

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Patch 13.21-24 Some minor fixes.

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Patch 14.1-2 Lots of item changes, thanks Riot for getting rid of mythic and cancer such as Goredrinker. They killed the Wardstones. Bloodsong is a must on Shaco, saddly exchanging the capacity of using Essence Reaver or Iceborn Gauntlet. Voltaic Cyclosword came as an "worsen" Prowlers claw, but it's meant for extremely powerfull pick-offs and can work as a substitute for ER.