Talk:Shaco/@comment-85.225.50.188-20121201175656/@comment-87.110.129.189-20121202003126

W, only if you go AP or want higher box damage for stacking for some cheezy trap. W is worst to max in most cases, because it is too unreliable for ganking. Only good for sight/traps. Put 1 point @lvl 1 and forget.

E is standard to max for best early/mid burst. People max E first mainly for damage- the slow and minion blind bonus is hardly noticable with additional points. Each additional level costs more mana, so if you use this a lot you go oom very fast and oom shaco is dead shaco. You'll need blue buff all the time or some mana items like sheen/triforce which imo suck on shaco.

Q, each additional point in Q gives bonus damage and makes it cost less mana. The damage increase may be less early/mid game(I haven't done the math, but its obvious you deal more physical damage with Q max and more magical with E max first), but you can last longer without backing/buying mana potions. While maxing Q you don't need to build sheen/philo or w/e and can rush I.E after wriggles.

I guess Q for assassin shaco, E for tank shaco.