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How to Win Shaco vs Katarina Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Shaco

based on 4,653 Shaco vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League matches each and every week. In our database, Shaco faced off against Katarina in 4653 rounds. Including so many matchups for Shaco vs Katarina gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare enlightening statistics and a supported build to destroy Katarina. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Shaco is forced to battle against Katarina in only 3.4% of his games.

Shaco vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Shaco has done a decent job of beating Katarina. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.3% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Shaco versus Katarina games, Shaco’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Shaco vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeSerylda's GrudgeProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Edge of NightEssence ReaverZaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial Mandate

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
>
Second ability for Shaco to level upe
>
Last skill for Shaco to max outq

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Katarina as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Katarina

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 Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Shaco vs Katarina Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Katarina Image
7.3
< Kills >
9.8
6.4
< Deaths >
7.5
8.5
< Assists >
5.4
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
2.22
36
< Minions Killed >
160
1.02
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.34
7,424
< Physical Damage >
2,137
10,434
< Magic Damage >
21,464
1,595
< True Damage >
981
19,454
< Damage Dealt >
24,583
25,752
< Damage Taken >
26,549
11,470
< Gold Earned >
12,587
1.19
< Towers >
1.45
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,554
< Total Healing >
3,470
13,094
< Experience >
14,607
32
< Vision Score >
17
11
< Wards Placed >
8
585
< Time Dealing CC >
37

How to Counter Katarina with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Shaco against Katarina counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..

Shaco normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Katarina

Who is Better, Shaco or Katarina?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually wins when taking on Katarina, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes a good counter to Katarina.

While Shaco does have a higher winrate than Katarina, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Katarinaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Katarina matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Shaco is a decent counter for Katarina. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

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Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Shaco, we analyzed 4,653 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Katarina as Shaco comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Shaco in order to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Katarina. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Shaco versus Katarina build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Shaco combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Katarina than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Katarina with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Katarina as Shaco, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Shaco vs Katarina battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Katarina as Shaco are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.