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Shaco Jungle build & stats

Assassin A 367 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
52.3%
Pick rate
4.9%
Ban rate
18.2%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Finish these three

Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
3,500 gold
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards
3,300 gold
The Collector
The Collector
3,000 gold
9,800 gold
58.3% WR 12 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
56.5% 92 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
63.6% WR
33 games · 9% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Smite Ignite
52.2% 337 games

Max order

Two-Shiv Poison E Deceive Q Jack In The Box W
66.7% 3 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Shaco

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Shaco wins 52.3% of games as Jungle on patch 16.17 (367 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Imperial Mandate → Liandry's Torment — 52% win rate over 29 games.
  • Take Hail of Blades as keystone: picked in 57% of games with a 53% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Elise (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Hecarim (30% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Shaco scales: 60% win rate after 35 minutes versus 51% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
  • Banned in 18% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
51.7% WR
29 games · 8% pick
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
The Collector
The Collector
Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword
43.8% WR
16 games · 4% pick
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards
Umbral Glaive
Umbral Glaive
46.2% WR
13 games · 4% pick

Starting items

Gustwalker Hatchling
Gustwalker Hatchling
50.0% WR
2 games · 1% pick

Boots

Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves
53.1% WR
130 games · 35% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
56.5% WR
92 games · 25% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
55.2% WR
67 games · 18% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
75.0% 3% (12)
61.9% 23% (84)
58.3% 20% (72)
56.7% 16% (60)
55.7% 17% (61)
54.7% 49% (179)
51.9% 29% (108)
51.4% 29% (105)
50.7% 39% (144)
49.6% 32% (117)
44.4% 5% (18)
44.0% 7% (25)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Precision Precision
47.1% WR
121 games · 33% pick
Hail of Blades
Hail of Blades

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
63.6% WR
33 games · 9% pick
Arcane Comet Axiom Arcanist Transcendence Gathering Storm Legend: Haste Cut Down
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
53.6% WR
28 games · 8% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Gathering Storm Transcendence

Keystones

  • Hail of Blades Hail of Blades Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions. 53.3%57% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 52.6%21% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 45.1%19% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 66.7%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Smite Ignite Smite + Ignite 52.2%92% pick
  • Flash Smite Flash + Smite 51.5%9% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Two-Shiv Poison E Deceive Q Jack In The Box W 66.7%3 games

Most common first three levels: W → Q → E (50%), W → E → Q (50%).

  • PBackstab

    Shaco's basic attacks and Two-Shiv Poison deal additional damage when striking from behind.

  • QDeceive

    Shaco becomes Invisible and teleports to target location.His first attack while Invisible is empowered, dealing bonus damage and critically striking if he attacks from behind.

  • WJack In The Box

    Shaco creates a hidden animated Jack-in-the-Box. When triggered, it will fear and attack nearby enemies.

  • ETwo-Shiv Poison

    Shaco's Shivs passively poison targets on hit, slowing their Move Speed. He can throw his Shivs to deal damage and poison the target. The thrown Shiv deals bonus damage if the target is below 30% health.

  • RHallucinate

    Shaco creates an illusion of himself near him, which can attack nearby enemies (Deals reduced damage to turrets). Upon death, it explodes, spawning three mini Jack in the Boxes and dealing damage to nearby enemies.