Talk:Shaco/@comment-25368309-20161018213344/@comment-24496127-20161021020733

Shaco was in an awful spot competitively mostly because his kit simply wouldn't work if it was simplified and has proved problematic when they actually tried giving him some power. Long stealth duration blinks simply end up being pretty toxic on an assassin jungle, and they had to adjust so that his chain ganking wasn't something that was just going to inevitably happen every game (If I remember right, that adjustment was made during the end of season 2).

I'm glad they waited on the assassins for so long honestly. Probably too long, but if they rushed it without the resources and creativity they currently employ, likely we would've ended up with some pretty generic stuff.

I still worry about Shaco currently, they preserved his kit well, but I need some more time seeing it work before I can judge whether they've improved him or just added some more issues.

The clone doing something is definitely a step in the right direction.