Shaco vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Shaco
based on 1,760 Shaco vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shaco vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Shaco vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Shaco
Tips for Playing as Shaco against Naafiri
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.
Shaco vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Shaco in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Shaco versus Naafiri matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri..
Shaco often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Naafiri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shaco and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Shaco or Naafiri?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually loses when facing off against Naafiri, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes a poor counter to Naafiri.
While Shaco does have a lower winrate than Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Shaco into Naafirias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Shaco also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Shaco is a bad counter for Naafiri. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shaco to counter Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shaco typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Naafiri. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Shaco versus Naafiri build include Serylda's Grudge, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Shaco included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Naafiri than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Naafiri as Shaco, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Shaco vs Naafiri battles, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
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