Talk:Shaco/Strategy/@comment-24.86.251.172-20120120200357/@comment-62.1.143.227-20121123193511

Other people's stupidity is a very important factor in Shaco's (and stealth assassins' in general) success. This is the yomi style, rock-paper-scissors with unequal rewards style play.

Most people will select champions oriented at a very specific, horrifically predictable playstyle: Shaco will fuck them all, hard. The same with Mordekaiser's ulti killing the 3 BF swords Zed/Kha'Zix/LeeSin faggyscrub and then proceeding to show the remaining helpless Teemos/Katarinas the Ancient Powers of BUTTPLUG.

To be played correctly from the start, Shaco should be considered a counter-pick champion where his ally agree to fullfil (to the end) the roles sacrificed by Shaco's selection (who is, and will forever remain, a squishy stealth assassin due to kit).

I play Shaco often and when I have many kills (I usually DON'T have many kills), 90% of them are clone-detonation followed by a thrown shiv. Which all translates into magic damage.