Talk:Shaco/@comment-4221730-20130123061455/@comment-69.203.30.29-20130123133602

W is better if you are preparing for an enemy overcommitting / diving on you/teammate / preventing or forcing enemy to go a certain path. you don't want to max Q unless chances are high you can land the Q. if the enemy is committed to killing your teammate, you can stealth in / run to them and E to slow them down, W their escape position or his position if he wants the kill badly. if he tries to run away, then you q and backstab him to maximize the passive. Q hits harder than E, but is less reliable if enemy is decent and knows when you are ganking.

personally i like to put 2 into W and max Q if enemy doesn't ward / not mobile and E if they are decent so i can at least get a backstab proc with shiv