Shaco vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Shaco
based on 2,795 Shaco vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shaco vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Shaco vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Shaco
Tips for Playing as Shaco against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Shaco vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Shaco in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Shaco against Gwen counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gwen..
Shaco usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shaco and Gwen
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Who is Better, Shaco or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually wins when trying to fight Gwen, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes a good counter to Gwen.
While Shaco does have a higher win rate than Gwen, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shaco into Gwenas his relative depth means 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 Gwen. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Gwen matchups, Shaco is the better champ 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 Gwen. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shaco in order to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shaco on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Gwen. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Shaco versus Gwen build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Shaco incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Gwen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Shaco had an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Gwen with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Gwen as Shaco, Shaco players should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Shaco vs Gwen counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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