Talk:Shaco/@comment-6061249-20140404212717/@comment-24055932-20140407185043

A good jungler got in Platinum quite some impact, winning a lane or protecting a lane from the enemy jungler has a great influance on how the game will work out - if you are capable of getting two lanes fed without getting useless later on, you got high chances to have the game already won.

Shaco is one of the best junglers in the early to mid game, as his boxes allow for fast jungle camp clearing, his invisibility is the ultimate approach for a gank, he got a slow, fine damage output and, when played well, even CC. If he can't impact a lane, he still can go for counterjungling, as his q allows him to play very aggressive while having only minimal risk.

His capability of making plays is absolutly impressive, and his kit even allows him to to solo dragon or even baron quite early (I saw one Shaco solo-ing Baron at level 16) - on top of that, he is a very efficient splitpusher, with a clone to tank tower hits, and tools allowing for a quite safe escape (traps & stealth).

In the lategame, he has as assassin a really clear job - go in, get a high priority target, let your team use this kill and sacrifice as engage opportunity. If he is capable of doing so, he has a great impact in the lategame as well, possibly even sniping out the most dangerous member of the nemy team.

All in all, he's a real game changer with quite difficult counterplay, as he is really slippery, and the change on true sight made and the ward sweeper both made it even easier for him to bypass enemy wards.

All in all he's a gamechanger, and you can feel your impact through all stages.