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Shaco with K'Sante

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How to Synergize Shaco and K'Sante

based on 2,025 Shaco with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
45.7 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Shaco has fought alongside K'Sante in 2025 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can present to you high quality, usable builds to help Shaco play with K'Sante. It is very rare for Shaco to play with K'Sante on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approximately 1.5% of rounds with Shaco.

Shaco K'Sante Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a pathetic job of playing alongside K'Sante. Typically, he wins a poor 45.7% of rounds the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Shaco when playing alongside K'Sante by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Shaco vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTiamat

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Essence ReaverEdge of NightLiandry's TormentZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upe
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Second ability for Shaco to level upq
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Last skill for Shaco to max outw

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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Shaco and K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Shaco with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Shaco K'Sante Synergy Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
45.7 %
VS
Win Rate
54.3 %
K'Sante Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.2
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
8.3
< Assists >
8.3
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
33
< Minions Killed >
36
1.07
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.39
7,891
< Physical Damage >
7,494
10,028
< Magic Damage >
10,083
1,625
< True Damage >
1,612
19,545
< Damage Dealt >
19,190
26,555
< Damage Taken >
26,161
11,553
< Gold Earned >
11,449
1.14
< Towers >
1.14
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
9,141
< Total Healing >
8,932
13,084
< Experience >
13,152
33
< Vision Score >
31
11
< Wards Placed >
10
602
< Time Dealing CC >
600

How to Play with K'Sante as Shaco in LoL

The Shaco K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with K'Sante. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that K'Sante helps Shaco perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Shaco is paired with K'Sante, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that K'Sante provides cover for him to deal more damage or that their presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Shaco is played with K'Sante on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with K'Sante.

Additionally, when Shaco plays with K'Sante on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that K'Sante does a poor job of covering Shaco in team fights.

Synergies between Shaco and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Shaco
K'Sante

Is Shaco better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no one best companion for Shaco that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, K'Sante is a terrible companion for Shaco. By locking into the same side as Shaco, they decreases their win rate by -3.7% to 45.7%. This shows that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Shaco and K'Sante that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

K'Sante has a lower difficulty than Shaco. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up K'Sante comrades to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.

Playing together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by pairing Shaco and K'Sante together, you may not be giving your other allies a great deal of crowd control. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their potential.

Regardless of your K'Sante ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Shaco and K'Sante, we analyzed 2,025 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Shaco with K'Sante comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to pair well with K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to include in your Shaco and K'Sante synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Shaco used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of K'Sante than with many other common builds. In fact, Shaco had an average win rate of 45.7% helping carry K'Sante with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, 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 runes players picked for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.7% win rate overall.

If you need to get Shaco with K'Sante collaboration tips and builds for a a particular player tier, please select one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and tips and suggestions shown are calculated using every match played with these champions.