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

Shaco vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Xayah as Shaco

based on 2,076 Shaco vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.55
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. In our database, Shaco fought Xayah in 2076 games. Having so many matchups for Shaco versus Xayah gives us confidence in our capacity to produce informative statistics and a recommended build to suppress Xayah. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Shaco is forced to battle against Xayah in only 1.5% of his games.

Shaco vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Shaco has done a decent job of countering Xayah. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.7% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Shaco versus Xayah games, Shaco’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Shaco vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
BloodsongVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeEdge of NightProfane HydraLiandry's Torment

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

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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W
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Xayah as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Shaco vs Xayah Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Xayah Image
6.9
< Kills >
6.7
6
< Deaths >
6.4
8.4
< Assists >
6.5
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
37
< Minions Killed >
187
1.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.31
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.51
7,009
< Physical Damage >
20,131
10,367
< Magic Damage >
404
1,627
< True Damage >
369
19,004
< Damage Dealt >
20,905
26,025
< Damage Taken >
22,202
11,385
< Gold Earned >
12,507
1.2
< Towers >
2.31
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
9,161
< Total Healing >
5,478
13,216
< Experience >
13,300
32
< Vision Score >
19
10
< Wards Placed >
9
611
< Time Dealing CC >
57

How to Counter Xayah with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some influential Shaco versus Xayah matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xayah..

Shaco typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xayah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Xayah

Who is Better, Shaco or Xayah?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Shaco makes a good counter for Xayah.

While Shaco does have a higher win rate than Xayah, when facing one another, Shaco also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Xayahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Shaco also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. 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 in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Xayah matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Shaco is a decent counter to Xayah. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Xayah.

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 Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Shaco, we analyzed 2,076 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 Xayah 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 learn all of the intricacies of Shaco to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco usually accumulates a lot less CS as Xayah. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Shaco versus Xayah build include Bloodsong, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Shaco included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Xayah than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Shaco boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Xayah with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Xayah as Shaco, Shaco players should equip 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 rune sets players chose for Shaco vs Xayah fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.

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