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How to Win Shaco vs Gnar Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Gnar

How to Beat Gnar as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gnar as Shaco

based on 1,338 Shaco vs Gnar matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our database, Shaco engaged Gnar in 1338 matches. With so many games with Shaco vs Gnar provides us faith in our capacity to produce informative stats and a recommended build to suppress your opposition. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Shaco fights Gnar in only 1.0% of his games.

Shaco vs Gnar Matchup Summary

Shaco does a decent job of beating Gnar. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.9% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Shaco against Gnar games, Shaco’s team is 0.2% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Gnar.

Best Shaco vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

The CollectorSerylda's GrudgeStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
>
Second ability for Shaco to level upe
>
Last skill for Shaco to max outq

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Gnar

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 Gnar

Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.

Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.

Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.

Shaco vs Gnar Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
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7
< Kills >
5.5
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
8.3
< Assists >
5.8
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.25
34
< Minions Killed >
172
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.48
7,236
< Physical Damage >
18,930
9,982
< Magic Damage >
3,431
1,597
< True Damage >
475
18,816
< Damage Dealt >
22,837
26,011
< Damage Taken >
31,197
11,307
< Gold Earned >
11,836
1.16
< Towers >
2.47
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,982
< Total Healing >
6,354
13,036
< Experience >
15,377
31
< Vision Score >
19
10
< Wards Placed >
9
595
< Time Dealing CC >
443

How to Counter Gnar with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some vital Shaco against Gnar counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the two. Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gnar..

Shaco normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Gnar. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Gnar

Who is Better, Shaco or Gnar?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes a good counter to Gnar.

While Shaco does have a higher winrate compared to Gnar, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Gnaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Shaco has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Gnar matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Shaco is a decent counter to Gnar. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Gnar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

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Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Gnar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gnar as Shaco, we analyzed 1,338 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Gnar as Shaco comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Shaco to counter Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Gnar. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Shaco versus Gnar build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Shaco used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Gnar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 51.9% battling Gnar with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Gnar as Shaco, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Shaco vs Gnar battles, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.

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