Shaco

Shaco The Demon Jester is a Champion in League of Legends.

Background
They say that death isn't funny. It isn't, unless you're Shaco. He is Valoran's first fully-functioning homicidal comic; he jests until someone dies, and then he laughs. The figure that has come to be known as the Demon Jester is an enigma. No one still alive knows from whence he came. There are rumors, but one must not speak of them too loudly lest Shaco come to jest. It seems unimaginable that such a threatening figure would be allowed to remain at large. There are those that believe he is an assassin for hire, left to roam until he is needed. Others believe that Shaco is simply too clever, evading authorities at every turn. Still others believe that he is the demonic manifestation of humanity's dark urges, and therefore cannot be stopped.

To jest with Shaco is to box with shadows. His mastery of the shadows is unparalleled, limited only by his magical reservoir. This allows him to deal devastating amounts of damage as he stabs his enemies in the back. Shaco can also confound his enemies by creating an illusion of himself that will do combat, only to violently explode when its time is up. The wicked daggers he carries are coated with the same ajunta poison gathered by the yordle, bringing pain, suffering, and death. To complete his ensemble, Shaco also plants psychotic animated Jack-in-the-Boxes on the field of battle, which pop out and shoot at nearby foes.

"Whatever you do, don't tell him you missed the punch line."

Strategy

 * Having at least 1 rank of Jack In The Box is important for team fights as it can be used to disable many enemies.
 * Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
 * Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
 * Elixir of Fortitude is, in combination with Exhaust and Ignite, the perfection combination for First Blood.
 * Shaco is very fragile as compared to other melee champions, especially during early game. Investing in some HP runes will greatly increase his ability to last in combat.
 * While Deceive is a powerful ability, it currently has a terrifying bug which prevents it's usage. Cooldown and Mana is used, but there is no effect. It is advised to always calculate this in.
 * Update to this: The bug was reviewed by RIOT. The community is guessing that Right-Click, after casting Deceive, is interrupting the process beside the drain. The next Test Realm Patch is including a re-work of the Deceive Script in hopes to fix the bug.
 * Casting Hallucinate while stealth does not break deceive.
 * The Hallucination can be, like most of all secondary Units, controlled by pressing Alt + doing the Order with Right-click. It does not work with Buttons or uses any Abilities, though.
 * A well timed Hallucination can save Shaco from getting hit by projectiles. This works, for example, against tower shots and certain spells such as 's Enchanted Crystal Arrow or even ' Requiem.
 * Shaco's clone created from Hallucinate receives nearly all unit-affecting bonuses given from items. Examples are Black Cleaver, Malady, Wits End, and the Lizard Buff. Surprisingly, there are also defensive items that work with the clone such as Sunfire Cape (the damage acts as though it is an individual champion), the damage return from Thornmail, and the revive from Guardian Angel (the clone has its own 5 minute revive cooldown, individual from the actual Shaco).

Quotes
Upon Selection
 * "How about a magic trick?"

Movement/Attacking
 * "This will be fun!"
 * "Look... behind you."
 * "The joke's on you!"
 * "Now you see me, now you don't!"
 * "Just a little bit closer!"
 * "March, march, march, march!"
 * "Here we go!"

Taunt
 * "Why so serious?"

Joke
 * "For my next trick, I'll make you disappear!" (laughs)

Trivia

 * Shaco may or may not have been inspired by The Joker of Batman fame and especially The Dark Knight's Joker. He, at the very least, bears some similarities, such as his appearance (his face is often drawn with a long, sharp nose and a big smile, and they both have white skin) and some of his quotes (like the famous, "Why so serious?" and the quote, "How about a magic trick?").
 * "Shaco" is an anagram of "Chaos"
 * The name Shaco could also be a reference to a Diablo II unique item, the Harlequin Crest Shako.