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

Shaco vs Pyke

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

based on 4,719 Shaco vs Pyke matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.42
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Shaco engaged Pyke 4719 times. Including so many games with Shaco vs Pyke gives us faith in our ability to provide enlightening statistics and a pro build to destroy your opponent. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Shaco fights Pyke in only 3.5% of his rounds.

Shaco vs Pyke Matchup Summary

Shaco does a ok job of beating Pyke. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Shaco against Pyke games, Shaco’s team is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood versus Pyke.

Best Shaco vs Pyke Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeZaz'Zak's RealmspikeEssence ReaverMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
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Second ability for Shaco to level upe
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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
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Pyke

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 Pyke

Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!

When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.

Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.

Shaco vs Pyke Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Pyke Image
7.5
< Kills >
7
6.6
< Deaths >
7.6
8.5
< Assists >
8.4
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
36
< Minions Killed >
40
0.98
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.34
7,516
< Physical Damage >
10,272
10,620
< Magic Damage >
67
1,630
< True Damage >
2,416
19,767
< Damage Dealt >
12,755
25,998
< Damage Taken >
23,612
11,552
< Gold Earned >
10,434
1.14
< Towers >
1.13
0.21
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,532
< Total Healing >
5,163
13,146
< Experience >
11,004
31
< Vision Score >
68
10
< Wards Placed >
31
588
< Time Dealing CC >
105

How to Counter Pyke with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown here feature several critical Shaco versus Pyke matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..

Shaco often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Pyke

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Pyke
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Pyke

Who is Better, Shaco or Pyke?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when taking on Pyke, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes an ok counter to Pyke.

While Shaco does have a lower winrate than Pyke, when facing one another, Shaco also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Pykeas his relative depth means that 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 Pyke. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Shaco is a somewhat poor counter to Pyke. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Pyke.

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 Pyke Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pyke as Shaco, we analyzed 4,719 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 Pyke 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

To truly master Shaco in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Pyke. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Shaco versus Pyke build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Shaco incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Pyke than with many other typical builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Pyke with this counter build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Pyke 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 that we analyzed for Shaco vs Pyke LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Shaco versus Pyke tips and counter stats for a a particular division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and strategies shown are computed using every game completed with both champs.