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

Shaco vs Kayle

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

based on 4,008 Shaco vs Kayle matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our dataset, Shaco fought Kayle in 4008 games. Using so many matchups for Shaco vs Kayle provides us confidence in our capability to produce informative stats and a pro build to suppress your rival. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Shaco has to counter Kayle in only 3.0% of his rounds.

Shaco vs Kayle Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco has done a below average job of beating Kayle. On average, he wins a lowly 47.0% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Shaco vs Kayle matches, Shaco’s side is 0.2% more likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Kayle.

Best Shaco vs Kayle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial MandateLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

MorellonomiconThe CollectorLuden's CompanionBloodsong

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
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Second ability for Shaco to level upe
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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
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Q
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E
4
W
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Kayle

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 Kayle

Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.

Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.

Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.

Shaco vs Kayle Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Kayle Image
7.2
< Kills >
5.8
6
< Deaths >
6.2
8
< Assists >
5.6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
35
< Minions Killed >
203
1.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.61
7,462
< Physical Damage >
7,154
9,472
< Magic Damage >
14,276
1,488
< True Damage >
503
18,422
< Damage Dealt >
21,934
25,997
< Damage Taken >
24,728
11,458
< Gold Earned >
13,046
1.22
< Towers >
2.86
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
9,080
< Total Healing >
7,849
13,198
< Experience >
16,247
31
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
601
< Time Dealing CC >
252

How to Counter Kayle with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several vital Shaco against Kayle matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayle..

Shaco typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Kayle

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Kayle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Kayle

Who is Better, Shaco or Kayle?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shaco usually loses when taking on Kayle, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Shaco makes a poor counter to Kayle.

While Shaco does have a lower winrate than Kayle, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Shaco into Kayleas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Shaco has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a much 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 bad counter to Kayle. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Shaco against Kayle.

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Kayle Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kayle as Shaco, we analyzed 4,008 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 Kayle 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Shaco to counter Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Kayle. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Shaco versus Kayle build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Imperial Mandate, and Liandry's Torment. When Shaco included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Kayle than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Shaco had an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Kayle with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Kayle as Shaco, Shaco players 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 combinations players used for Shaco vs Kayle counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kayle as Shaco are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.