Rek'Sai vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Rek'Sai
based on 733 Rek'Sai vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Shaco
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Advice to Win Against Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some critical Rek'Sai against Shaco matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Rek'Sai often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Shaco. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Shaco
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Shaco?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when taking on Shaco, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter to Shaco.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate than Shaco, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Shaco.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Rek'Sai is a terribly counter to Shaco. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rek'Sai to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Shaco. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Shaco build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Shaco than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 47.7% when playing against Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Shaco as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Rek'Sai vs Shaco counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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