Shaco with Galio
How to Synergize Shaco and Galio
based on 3,355 Shaco with Galio pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shaco Galio Synergy Summary
Best Shaco vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shaco and Galio
Tips for Playing as Shaco with Galio
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 Understand How Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Shaco Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Shaco in LoL
The Shaco Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Shaco sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Galio helps Shaco perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shaco is paired with Galio, he observes a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Galio supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Shaco is played together with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Galio.
Moreover, when Shaco plays with Galio on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Galio does a decent job of protecting Shaco in teamfights.
Synergies between Shaco and Galio
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Is Shaco better when played alongside Galio?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Shaco that will always be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Galio is a very typical teammate for Shaco. By locking into the same side as Shaco, he lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Shaco and Galio that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Galio has a much lower diffuclty than Shaco. That means Shaco players don't need to be very careful when arranging Galio allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, Shaco players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by grouping Shaco and Galio together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Galio ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco to work well with Galio 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 champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to have in your Shaco and Galio synergy build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Shaco used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Galio than with many other common builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 48.9% helping carry Galio with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you 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. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Shaco and Galio pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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