Caitlyn vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Caitlyn
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Caitlyn vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Shaco
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Shaco
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
Caitlyn vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several influential Caitlyn against Shaco counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Shaco..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Shaco. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Shaco
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Shaco?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when facing off against Shaco, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a poor counter to Shaco.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Shaco, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Shaco.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Shaco. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically racks up much more CS as Shaco. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Shaco build consist of Galeforce, Infinity Edge, and Bloodthirster. When Caitlyn included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Shaco than with most other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Shaco with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Shaco as Caitlyn, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Caitlyn vs Shaco counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.
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