Shaco vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Shaco
based on 13,512 Shaco vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shaco vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Shaco vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Core Shaco Items
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Shaco
Tips for Playing as Shaco against Caitlyn
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.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Shaco vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Shaco in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Shaco vs. Caitlyn matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Shaco normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shaco and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Shaco or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Shaco does have a lower winrate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Shaco into Caitlynas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Shaco is a somewhat poor counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Shaco against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shaco usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Shaco versus Caitlyn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Shaco incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Caitlyn than with most other common builds. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Caitlyn as Shaco, Shaco players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Shaco vs Caitlyn counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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