Development
- Main article: Shaco (Development)
- Shaco is voiced by Adam Harrington.
- Pre-rework , , and pre-fourth-rework are also voiced by the same voice actor.
- During development he was called Jester.
- One of Shaco's unused abilities was called Paranoia.
- This name was also used by first passive, and then later reused by for his . for his
Universe
- Main article: Shaco (Character)
- While his title is "The Demon Jester", Shaco is not a demon.[1]
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Shaco (League of Legends)
- ERROR: Shaco's eyes are mistakenly colored purple on his uncentered splash art, Loading screen, Square, and Circle assets. They are supposed to be blue, as shown in his model, newest emotes, Illustration and Champie icons, centered splash art, and old splash art.
- Shaco is one of a few champions to have multiple textures in one skin. When he uses buffs and item effects active at the moment the clone is spawned (Prior to patch V5.22, clones did not duplicate external buff/active item effect particles).
- Four other champions with this feature are (via ), (via ), (via ) and (via and ).
, his clone will be of a different colour palette which can only be seen by Shaco and his allies. To the opposing team, the two Shacos look exactly the same, including copies of any external - Shaco's dance references The Worm, a breakdance move.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Shaco might be referencing the Harlequin Crest from Diablo.
- It's possible that many aspects of Shaco's champion design, such as his appearance, his laugh and his "manic killer clown" persona were inspired by Kefka Palazzo from Final Fantasy VI.
- The name Shaco is an anagram for the word 'chaos' (mentioned in the Journal of Justice - Issue 13: 10 Questions with Shaco), befitting his penchant for it.
- There was a rework concept that turned Shaco into a projectile but hitting a in this form would remove him from the game.[2]
Quotes
- Main article: Shaco (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "Why so serious?" references the Joker (The Dark Knight) from DC Comics.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- ▶️ "For my next trick, I'll make you disappear!" resembles joke ▶️ "For my next trick, I'll make their life bar disappear" and references stage magic and/or Kefka from Final Fantasy VI.
- Shaco shares quotes with:
Skins
- Main article: Shaco (Collection)
- Several of his and the of him can be seen in the background.
- He was inspired by and references the Joker from DC Comics.
- This skin shares the Storybook theme with:
- He references the Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
- This skin shares the Snowdown Showdown theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2010 along with:
- He references a Nutcracker doll, also known as a Christmas Nutcracker.
- In the old , he poses among other the Nutcracker dolls after he seemingly murdered the one he is in place in, as noted by the statue base and blood puddle behind him.
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- ...and others
- He and his Champion Spotlight were released on the same day.
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- ...and others
- He references Karl Ruprecht Kroenen from Hellboy.
- This skin shares the Wonders of the World theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released in celebration of the first anniversary of the Korean Server's launch.
- He is called 'Joyful Mask Shaco' in the Korean localization.
- He is the third light-themed skin for a dark-themed champion (the others being and ).
- His dance references Talchum, specifically based on the performance done in this video.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- This skin shares the Highstakes theme with:
- He references the eponymous playing card.
- This skin shares the Dark Star theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Arcanists theme with:
- This skin shares the Winterblessed theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Soul Fighter theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Soul Fighter theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Fright Night theme with:
- ...and others
- In the color palette of his Obsidian chroma set, reminds him Blitzø from the Helluva Boss web-animated series.