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

Shaco vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Shaco

based on 2,159 Shaco vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
44.2 %
K/D/A
2.49
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Nilah as Shaco resulted from an evaluation of 2159 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Shaco fights Nilah in only 1.6% of his rounds.

Shaco vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a terrible job of countering Nilah. Normally, he wins a lowly 44.2% of games the champs fight one another in. In Shaco against Nilah rounds, Shaco’s side is 0.1% more probable to get first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Nilah.

Best Shaco vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

Optional Items

MalignanceShadowflameThe CollectorEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonersmite 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

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Nilah

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 Nilah Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
44.2 %
VS
Win Rate
55.8 %
Nilah Image
6.6
< Kills >
8.3
6.1
< Deaths >
7
8.6
< Assists >
6.1
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.88
36
< Minions Killed >
177
0.96
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.6
6,689
< Physical Damage >
19,229
10,278
< Magic Damage >
194
1,567
< True Damage >
395
18,536
< Damage Dealt >
19,819
25,231
< Damage Taken >
25,852
11,072
< Gold Earned >
13,270
1.1
< Towers >
2.76
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,535
< Total Healing >
9,577
12,848
< Experience >
13,859
31
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
9
594
< Time Dealing CC >
93

How to Counter Nilah with Shaco in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several influential Shaco versus Nilah matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nilah..

Shaco normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Nilah

Who is Better, Shaco or Nilah?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually loses when playing against Nilah, with a 44.2% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes a poor counter to Nilah.

While Shaco does have a much lower winrate than Nilah, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Shaco into Nilahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Shaco is a trash counter for Nilah. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Nilah.

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 Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Shaco, we analyzed 2,159 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 Nilah 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 learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to counter Nilah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Nilah. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Shaco versus Nilah build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Shaco incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Nilah than with most other common builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 44.2% when playing against Nilah with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Nilah as Shaco, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Shaco vs Nilah counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.2% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Shaco x Nilah tips and counter builds for a a particular skill level, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all games finished with these champions.