Talk:Shaco/@comment-62.1.143.227-20121125170505/@comment-62.1.143.227-20121127140223

Hi, I'm the original poster.

Indeed Shaco isn't the best champion or the creme de la crem of League of Legends, being basically a tricky melee squishy. And yes, it's true that Shaco (albeit, like many, many many other champions) offer very little in team-fights, yet he isn't the only one who is a weak team-fighter. Most importantly, Shaco is NOT an all-around champion (nor a recommended one) and thus, he's NOT a very good all-around pick.

These are the inherent drawbacks of Shaco, which he shares with several other champions as well (Evelynn for instance, Kog'Maw, etc).

But I do believe that he has some powerful, very usefuly advantages:

1) He's a super troll-pick

2) He's frustrating to the enemy team by himself (if his allies are feeding and afk'ing, obviously the opponents won't really be scared by Shaco)

3) He has a blink + invisibility which is very easy to use. You don't need that much technical skill to escape most situations with Deceive, whereas you need amazing skill to wall-through escape with Graves or alpha-untarget a Karthus ulti with Master Yi.

From my personal experience he's not a strong pick in very serious play and he's an excellent troll (that is, troll to the opponents) in the usual daily games.