Shaco vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Shaco
based on 6,533 Shaco vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shaco vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Shaco vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Shaco
Tips for Playing as Shaco against Aatrox
Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Shaco vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Shaco in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some strategic Shaco vs. Aatrox counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox..
Shaco often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shaco and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Shaco or Aatrox?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aatrox, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes an ok counter for Aatrox.
While Shaco does have a higher winrate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Shaco into Aatroxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Aatrox matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Shaco is a decent counter to Aatrox. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shaco in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shaco usually racks up a lot less CS as Aatrox. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Shaco versus Aatrox build include Stormsurge, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Shaco included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Aatrox than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shaco had an average win rate of 50.7% battling Aatrox with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Aatrox as Shaco, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Shaco vs Aatrox battles, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Aatrox as Shaco are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.