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

Shaco vs Janna

How to Beat Janna as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Janna as Shaco

based on 3,342 Shaco vs Janna matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Janna as Shaco resulted from an evaluation of 3342 ranked games where both champs clashed against each other. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Shaco has to counter Janna in only 2.5% of his games.

Shaco vs Janna Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a poor job of countering Janna. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Shaco versus Janna matches, Shaco’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Janna.

Best Shaco vs Janna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsThe Brutalizer

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Blade of The Ruined KingSerylda's GrudgeProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Imperial MandateEdge of NightInfinity EdgeZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upe
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Second ability for Shaco to level upq
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Last skill for Shaco to max outw

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
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Janna as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Janna

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 Janna

Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.

Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.

Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.

Shaco vs Janna Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Janna Image
6.7
< Kills >
1.5
5.8
< Deaths >
5.1
7.8
< Assists >
14.7
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
35
< Minions Killed >
27
1.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.55
7,395
< Physical Damage >
1,002
9,436
< Magic Damage >
6,257
1,467
< True Damage >
431
18,299
< Damage Dealt >
7,690
25,128
< Damage Taken >
18,282
11,208
< Gold Earned >
8,537
1.18
< Towers >
2.14
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,834
< Total Healing >
8,196
12,750
< Experience >
10,904
34
< Vision Score >
63
11
< Wards Placed >
28
591
< Time Dealing CC >
186

How to Counter Janna with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown here show several strategic Shaco vs. Janna counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Shaco typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Janna

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Janna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Janna

Who is Better, Shaco or Janna?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually loses when facing off against Janna, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes a bad counter to Janna.

While Shaco does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Jannaas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Shaco is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Janna.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

NilahNilah44.2% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrateBriarBriar45.7% winrateZyraZyra46.1% winrate

Shaco Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Janna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Janna as Shaco, we analyzed 3,342 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 Janna 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 learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Janna. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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 do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Shaco versus Janna build include Blade of The Ruined King, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Shaco incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Janna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Janna with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Janna 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. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Shaco vs Janna face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.

If you need to see Shaco x Janna tips and builds for a a specific division, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions shown are calculated using every round finished with these champions.