Talk:Shaco/@comment-5208038-20120726131228/@comment-68.94.13.224-20120728023613

Well, and this is just my personal opinion as a frequent shaco player. I'm not the OP i just have an opinion on this champ.

I find that what makes Shaco such a strong jungler is that his early game ganks are pretty amazing. On the other hand, farming the jungle as shaco is pretty slow, especially in comparison to other top tier junglers. So unless Shaco is able to get those crucial early game ganks in, he's going to fall far behind. Let's compare this to some of the "top tier" junglers like Udyr or Malphite, even if they never gank or their ganks are just plain crap, they have an assured strong mid/late game. Even if Shaco were to get off good ganks, he becomes increasingly weak as the game goes on. Aside from backdooring late game, Shaco's teamfighting presence is rather....."mehhh?"

Anyways, just my opinion on everything

TLDR: Even though shaco is an exceptionally strong jungler, he's too risky in comparison to other "safe" junglers that give you the same reward without the risk