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

Shaco vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Shaco

based on 3,705 Shaco vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.64
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Irelia as Shaco resulted from an analysis of 3705 ranked rounds where both champs faced one another. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Shaco encounters Irelia in only 2.7% of his games.

Shaco vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco has done a dismal job of beating Irelia. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.3% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Shaco versus Irelia games, Shaco’s side is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Shaco vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsThe Brutalizer

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Profane HydraVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeImperial MandateBlade of The Ruined KingEssence Reaver

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust 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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
6
R
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W
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Shaco vs Irelia Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Irelia Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.6
6.1
< Deaths >
7.3
8.6
< Assists >
4.8
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
37
< Minions Killed >
214
1.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.51
7,553
< Physical Damage >
16,732
10,294
< Magic Damage >
6,331
1,770
< True Damage >
755
19,618
< Damage Dealt >
23,819
25,944
< Damage Taken >
33,405
11,548
< Gold Earned >
13,472
1.14
< Towers >
2.44
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
8,938
< Total Healing >
11,653
13,243
< Experience >
15,694
31
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
9
604
< Time Dealing CC >
122

How to Counter Irelia with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several strategic Shaco against Irelia matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia..

Shaco typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Irelia. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Irelia

Who is Better, Shaco or Irelia?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Irelia, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes an ok counter for Irelia.

While Shaco does have a lower win rate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shaco into Ireliaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Shaco also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Shaco is a somewhat poor counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Shaco against Irelia.

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Shaco, we analyzed 3,705 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 Irelia 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco often racks up a lot less CS as Irelia. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Shaco versus Irelia build include Profane Hydra, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Shaco included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Irelia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when countering Irelia with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Irelia as Shaco, Shaco players should use 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 runes players used for Shaco vs Irelia battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.

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