ARAM

Shaco ARAM Build 26.22

Shaco turns the one bridge into a trap with Jack in the Box, seeding the choke so the enemy clump walks into a wall of fear. Deceive lets him slip around the packed fight to reach their backline, and Hallucinate drops a clone that bursts into more boxes in the middle of the brawl. Lean into the box damage and punish a team that cannot spread out.

#117 of 162 champions this patch · 211 games

Win rate46.9%−2.1Games211Pick rate8.5%Last 8 patches−1.8 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 75%AD 16%True 9%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 46.9% WR

Sorcerer's Shoes SkillsE›W›Q Runes

Shards

Classic ModernARAMCounter

162 champions

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ARAM BalanceDamage dealt+5%5 ability changes ↓

Shaco Item Build

A jungle ganker on the Rift ducks into the fog to reset and try again; the Abyss gives Shaco no such second chance. His first strike out of Deceive has to delete a carry outright, so lethality and attack damage pile into that opening burst while Backstab adds its bonus from behind. Miss the kill and the stacked enemy simply turns and swallows him before he can vanish.

Standard loadout · Shaco The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 1350g

Refillable Potion×1

Lost Chapter×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes66% · 47.9%

Ionian Boots of Lucidity34% · 46.9%

Situational items

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.S

Shadowflame7748.1%V

Voltaic Cyclosword4042.5%V

Void Staff2240.9%

Best Shaco Runes

Dark Harvest fits an assassin who picks his moment on the Abyss, stealthing in for one burst on a target caught out of the clump. He wants that single kill rather than a long brawl, so the page is built to make the Deceive opening lethal. Hallucinate gives him a clone and a wall of boxes to break the fight open.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary

Dark HarvestDamaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Sudden Impact53% · 49.5%

Grisly Mementos73% · 47.1%

Ultimate Hunter72% · 47.7%

Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Precision Secondary

Coup de Grace64% · 48.1%

Presence of Mind56% · 44.9%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Prioritize Luden's Echo into Liandry's Torment and play the flank on the bridge. Shaco slips around the edge of the fight with Deceive and blows up a squishy caught at the side of the clump, while Jack in the Box zones the choke and Two-Shiv Poison slows anyone chasing. Rush the damage so his opening burst deletes a carry before the teamfight even forms.

Shaco Skill Order

Two-Shiv Poison maxes first either way, but the second block goes to Jack In The Box on the Abyss instead of Deceive, filling 8 through 13 even with a six-box cap in force. Boxes hold ground on a lane nobody can walk around, and Deceive is left on one rank until 14.

Skill order · Shaco R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›E

E›W

W›Q

QMax E first; W at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q114151718max 18

W28101213max 13

E34579max 9

R61116max 16

Put your first points into E to spike his main damage on a bridge where the enemy is always grouped, then W, then Q. Jack in the Box zones the narrow choke and fears divers off you, Two-Shiv Poison slows the clump, and Deceive sets up the backstab burst. Drop Hallucinate in the pile to split the enemy team and scatter boxes across the bridge.

Shaco ARAM Abilities

Backstab is the rule every part of his kit bends toward, adding damage to any auto or thrown shiv that lands from behind a target. Hallucinate goes further than the decoy people expect, since the clone bursts on death into three fresh boxes that keep fearing whoever is still standing.

Abilities on the Abyss · Shacopatch 26.22 · Abyss-tuned numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

BackstabPassiveP

DeceiveMax lastQ

Jack In The BoxMax 2ndW

Two-Shiv PoisonMax 1stE

HallucinateUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Two-Shiv PoisonMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 3rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamagevaries per rank+80% bonus AD+60% APlv 37470lv 410095lv 5126120lv 7152145lv 9179170Constant at every rankCost75same at all ranksCooldown8ssame at all ranks

Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Shaco: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage dealt+5%champion tuning

BackstabBonus AD ratio changed to 40% bonus AD.

DeceiveBonus AD ratio changed to 85% bonus AD.

DeceiveCooldown changed to 12 to 8 seconds.

Two-Shiv PoisonBonus AD ratio changed to 100% bonus AD.

Jack In The BoxLimited to 6 Boxes active.

Shaco Base Stats

Base stats · ShacoPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD63+3AS0.694+3%MS345Range125HP630+99HP58.5+0.55Armor30+4MR32+2.05MP297+40MP56+0.35

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