Xerath with Shaco
How to Synergize Xerath and Shaco
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Xerath Shaco Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Shaco
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Shaco
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Understand How Shaco Will Play
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.
Xerath Shaco Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shaco as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shaco. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shaco helps Xerath perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Shaco, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Shaco provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Shaco on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shaco.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Shaco on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Shaco
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Shaco?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, Shaco is a very typical ally for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 51.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak synergy between Xerath and Shaco that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Shaco has a greater difficulty than Xerath. That means you must be cautious when lining up Shaco allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Xerath and Shaco together, you will not be giving your other teammates a lot of engage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Shaco ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to synergize with Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Xerath and Shaco synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Shaco than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 51.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shaco with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.
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