Red start's slow covers your early duels — but the strongest route is an invade: box the enemy blue buff before your own first camp.
Rush Wriggle's LanternItem build path
Boots of Speed + 3 
Health Potions455 gMobility opener lets Shaco leash-less clear and gank early.
Wriggle's Lantern components + 
Mobility BootsMobility Boots1,000 gWriggle's Lantern1,600 g
Brutalizer > Youmuu's2,687 g
Infinity Edge3,800 g
Statikk Shiv2,500 g
Guardian Angel2,600 g
Skill order & spells
Rune page (Season 3)
Best duos & synergies
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0/1Counters & matchups
Who this pick beats and who beats it — pick your lane with the matchup in mind.
Key combo
Power spike & playstyle
Front-loaded snowball assassin spiking at early ganks and 6; use Deceive crits and boxes to build an early lead—he is weak if the game goes long.
Shaco’s other builds
Red start's slow covers your early duels — but the strongest route is an invade: box the enemy blue buff before your own first camp.
Rush Wriggle's Lantern
Sorcerer's Shoes
Spirit of the Spectral Wraith
Deathfire Grasp
Rabadon's Deathcap
Hextech Gunblade
Void Staff
Zhonya's Hourglass
Hunter's Machete + 5 Health PotionsRunes Magic Penetration marks · Flat Armor seals · Flat Ability Power glyphs · Flat Ability Power quintsJack in the Box and Two-Shiv Poison carry real AP ratios, and Hallucinate's clone detonates for a full AP bomb, so the burst arrives from three directions at once.
Show the damage math
| Ability | How it is calculated | Raw | After resists |
|---|---|---|---|
| W Jack In The Box rank 5 | 95 base + 0.2 × 695 AP | 234 | 203 −13% after MR |
| E Two-Shiv Poison rank 5 | 210 base + 1 × 60 bonus AD + 1 × 696 AP | 966 | 838 −13% after MR |
| R Hallucinate rank 3 | 600 base + 1 × 696 AP | 1,296 | 1,125 −13% after MR |
| AA Auto-attack | 106.5 per hit × 1.08 attacks/sec | 107 / 224 | 115 dps |
Combo 2,166 (−1,125 walkable) + 3.0 s autos 344 = 1,385, 114% of target HP.
Only the WER rotation is counted.
How to play Shaco in League Classic
Classic AD Shaco snowballs invades: box a bush at your red at 1:30, steal the enemy blue, and gank at level 2 out of stealth. Every early kill compounds into Shiv-crit backstab burst that one-shots carries by 25 minutes. Ward-hop-proof your escapes with Deceive and use the clone to tank towers and confuse duels. Your late game is honest split-pushing plus opportunistic picks — play the map, arrive where they aren't, and leave before the fight becomes fair.
Shaco in League Classic
What is the best Shaco build in League Classic?
The standard build is AD Shaco: Mobility Boots, Wriggle's Lantern, Youmuu's, Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, Guardian Angel. Skill order Q > E > W > R, summoner spells Smite + Ignite / Flash. Shaco also has 1 measured off-meta build: AP Shaco.
What runes and masteries does Shaco use in League Classic?
Marks: Armor Penetration. Seals: Flat Armor. Glyphs: Magic Resist. Quintessences: Flat AD. Masteries: 21/9/0 — crit backstab.
Is Shaco good in League Classic?
Shaco is rated B-tier jungle in the launch consensus (score 50/100 across 4 published rankings). Strong into Nasus, Amumu, Master Yi, Fiddlesticks, Nidalee; struggles against Rammus, Warwick, Cho'Gath, Lee Sin, Jarvan IV.
What does Shaco start with and build first in League Classic?
Open with Boots of Speed + 3 Health Potions. Mobility opener lets Shaco leash-less clear and gank early. First back: Wriggle's Lantern components + Mobility Boots. Then build in order: Mobility Boots → Wriggle's Lantern → Youmuu's → Infinity Edge → Statikk Shiv → Guardian Angel.