Talk:Shaco/@comment-19683000-20161026015415

Can anyone explain why they turned Shaco from an assassin into a bruiser?

His passive overrides crit just like Xin Zhao every 3rd auto, so building crit is actually worse on him than any other champion because at least one of his crits will do less damage than a normal crit. So rip your Shiv or IE on this guy.

His Q now scales off of total AD, and so does his E. And his E has execute that doesn't scale with anything. So you don't need to build as much AD items to be effective.

If they fix the Immolate bug for his ult you might even see Sunfire on him. Currently the clone doesn't deal Immolate damage even though it shows the animation.

Just think. Iceborn, Sunfire, Banshee's, Edge of Night, Duskblade, and boots. He'll just keep proccing Iceborn and Duskblade with his Q, block tons of abilities with slipperiness and Banshees and Edge of Night, and still be tanky on top of that. Not to mention he can clone himself for more Duskblade and potentially Sunfire damage.

Sounds like the next cancerous Tank Ekko. They'll have to basically rework him to scale with AD and Crit again, aka bring him back to what he is now.

However, I do like the AP scaling on his Q now. And I like that his E is slightly less cancerous poke in lane. Overall AP Shaco got a buff while his poke got a slight nerf. Seems like a lot healthier gameplay.