Talk:Shaco/@comment-93.186.16.246-20130314035159/@comment-88.186.19.90-20130315142911

Shaco has 3 advantages over most junglers: he is safe, he is invisible, he has strong burst damage; what you have to understand is how to abuse these strength to become unstoppable.

He is safe: S3 jungle is not about farming as fast as you can, it's about farming as safely as possible. JitB are absolutely perfect in this instance, since they tank damage for you; allowing Shaco to gank lanes with a decent amount of health and similarly to go gank a lane and still be able to farm his camps without having to recall. This also means you can afford to gank early, since even if you are lvl2 and 1/4HP you can still kill that red buff you have in your jungle. Most junglers have to recall after a camp+gank, Shaco can just /l and gank again.

He is invisible: That's the crux of Shaco's ganking power; his blink+stealth.It allows you to position yourself the lane without seeing your victim retreat to her tower. Once you are in position, you /l and hit them with your spells/AA for an almost sure kill. Rammus has the same strengh: you see him coming, but he still catches you. It also allows you to gank from any angle.

He has strong burst damage: That synergises with his invisibility, it allows you to deliver damage during your ganks. The best gankers in the game have burst damage: Morgana, Maokai, Malphite, Amumu, Kha... all these champs are gankers because when they get you, they deal the pain. Compare that to Kayle, Trynd and Volibear, who are not (as) good ganker because they need time to deal damage.

Basically, Shaco is a jungler that can gank whenever he wants with almost 80% success rate without loosing farm. With 2 JitB he can farm any camp he wants without loosing a significant amount of HP, with 2 JitB and smite he can farm a big camp safely. Everytime he ganks, he WILL inflict damage on the opponent. Remember, it doesn't matter if you don't get the kill; if you force the opponent to recall, you gave a huge advantage to your lane, if they end up low-life, your laner will be able to zone them.