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

Shaco vs Zeri

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

based on 1,382 Shaco vs Zeri matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
2.57
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Zeri as Shaco came out of an analysis of 1382 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Shaco is forced to battle against Zeri in only 1.0% of his games.

Shaco vs Zeri Matchup Summary

Shaco has done a great job of beating Zeri. Normally, he wins a whopping 54.1% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Shaco vs Zeri games, Shaco’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Zeri.

Best Shaco vs Zeri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSerrated Dirk

Core Shaco Items

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

Optional Items

HubrisSerylda's GrudgeThe CollectorBloodsong

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 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
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Zeri as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Zeri

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 Zeri Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
Zeri Image
7
< Kills >
7.4
6.1
< Deaths >
6.5
8.7
< Assists >
6.8
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.71
35
< Minions Killed >
191
1.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.48
7,061
< Physical Damage >
14,409
10,553
< Magic Damage >
6,783
1,637
< True Damage >
571
19,251
< Damage Dealt >
21,764
25,707
< Damage Taken >
25,041
11,348
< Gold Earned >
13,018
1.19
< Towers >
2.17
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,887
< Total Healing >
4,785
13,035
< Experience >
13,146
31
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
8
601
< Time Dealing CC >
126

How to Counter Zeri with Shaco in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some significant Shaco versus Zeri counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zeri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zeri..

Shaco often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zeri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Zeri

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Zeri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Zeri

Who is Better, Shaco or Zeri?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually wins when trying to fight Zeri, with a 54.1% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes a great counter for Zeri.

While Shaco does have a much higher win rate compared to Zeri, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Shaco into Zerias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Zeri matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Shaco is a great counter to Zeri. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Zeri.

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

FiddlesticksFiddlesticks+ 53.5% 969 GamesFioraFiora+ 53.6% 3096 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.6% 2664 GamesRek'SaiRek'Sai+ 55.1% 285 Games

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Zeri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zeri as Shaco, we analyzed 1,382 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 Zeri 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 Zeri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco typically accumulates a lot less CS as Zeri. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Shaco versus Zeri build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Shaco combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Zeri than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 54.1% battling Zeri with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Zeri as Shaco, Shaco players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Shaco vs Zeri battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zeri as Shaco are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.