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

Shaco vs Lucian

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

based on 8,104 Shaco vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.55
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. Within our dataset, Shaco faced off against Lucian 8104 times. Having so many matchups for Shaco vs Lucian gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce informative stats and a pro build to shatter your foe. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Shaco has to counter Lucian in only 6.0% of his rounds.

Shaco vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Shaco does a decent job of countering Lucian. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.7% of games the champions face one another in. In Shaco vs Lucian matches, Shaco’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Lucian.

Best Shaco vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTiamat

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
The CollectorProfane HydraVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

EclipseMaw of MalmortiusCosmic DriveEdge of Night

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
Ability HasteAdaptive 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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Lucian

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 Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Shaco vs Lucian Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Lucian Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.8
8.5
< Assists >
6.4
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
36
< Minions Killed >
189
1.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.49
7,633
< Physical Damage >
18,956
10,211
< Magic Damage >
2,623
1,617
< True Damage >
523
19,461
< Damage Dealt >
22,104
25,991
< Damage Taken >
22,788
11,552
< Gold Earned >
12,864
1.18
< Towers >
2.29
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
8,909
< Total Healing >
5,389
13,227
< Experience >
13,192
33
< Vision Score >
20
11
< Wards Placed >
9
595
< Time Dealing CC >
42

How to Counter Lucian with Shaco in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Shaco versus Lucian matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lucian..

Shaco often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Lucian. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Lucian

Who is Better, Shaco or Lucian?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually wins when taking on Lucian, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes a good counter for Lucian.

While Shaco does have a higher win rate compared to Lucian, when facing one another, Shaco also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shaco into Lucianas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Lucian matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Shaco is a decent counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Lucian.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

NilahNilah44.2% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrateBriarBriar45.7% winrateZyraZyra46.1% winrate

Shaco Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Shaco, we analyzed 8,104 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 Lucian 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 to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Lucian. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Shaco versus Lucian build include The Collector, Profane Hydra, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Shaco bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Lucian than with most other typical builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Lucian with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Lucian as Shaco, Shaco players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Shaco vs Lucian counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.

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