Talk:Shaco/@comment-94.168.30.138-20130324061223

so i've been playing a bit of shaco top recently, its not too bad imo. he is a bit mana heavy if you spam, but if you just focus on using your E when their backs will be turned, then you get enough harrass off to give people the idea not to mess with you, and even deter them from getting a couple of last hits. i start basic top items, depending on what you are against. rumble/elise etc flask is great, irelia/jarvan/lee/jax etc cloth +4hp+1mp. against someone like singed who is popular recently i think going straight for the botrk works well. core items being boots>statik shyv>vamp sceptre>zerkers greaves>Botrk. At this point if you are doing very well on farm such as against a very passive top (unlikely) or simply picked up a couple of kills on people not realising shaco has a good amount of burst, or diving you from a gank, then go straight for the IE. If less ahead, or unable to 1v1 their top then i have found zephyr to be great for the spltipushing potential of shaco. also triforce is a strong option but doesnt provide as much damage for assasin shaco as IE, or movespeed/tenacity as zephyr.

i'd just like to say before people reject this idea completely that i've only done this in normals so far, winning the lane 90% of the time, and getting fb about 1/4 of the time. i'll update with some ranked progress at some point (diamond 3). Also as with any team comp it should be either based around splitpush or roaming assasin style, with someone like tf/kha/zed etc mid and a cc heavy jungler. i have had success with other assasins like rengar as junglers but then there isnt a tank for when the enemy team is pushing at your turrets while you push theirs down.

TL;DR Shaco top is a lot of fun and has potential in split push/assasin comps