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

Shaco vs Malphite

How to Beat Malphite as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
Assassin
TankFighter

How to Beat Malphite as Shaco

based on 5,314 Shaco vs Malphite matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.46
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League games every week. Within our data, Shaco faced off against Malphite in 5314 games. With so many matchups for Shaco vs Malphite provides us confidence in our capability to produce enlightening statistics and a solid build to annihilate your opponent. This pairing is relatively rare. Shaco encounters Malphite in only 3.9% of his matches.

Shaco vs Malphite Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a dismal job of countering Malphite. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Shaco versus Malphite matches, Shaco’s team is 0.2% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Malphite.

Best Shaco vs Malphite Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightOpportunity

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeRabadon's DeathcapImperial MandateZaz'Zak's Realmspike

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
Ability HasteAdaptive 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
1
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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W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Malphite as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Malphite

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 Malphite

If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.

Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.

Shaco vs Malphite Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Malphite Image
7
< Kills >
5.3
6.3
< Deaths >
5.2
8.5
< Assists >
7.8
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
36
< Minions Killed >
148
1.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.47
7,056
< Physical Damage >
4,957
10,201
< Magic Damage >
15,058
1,628
< True Damage >
630
18,886
< Damage Dealt >
20,645
26,371
< Damage Taken >
25,903
11,457
< Gold Earned >
11,175
1.12
< Towers >
1.95
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,006
< Total Healing >
3,542
13,098
< Experience >
14,805
32
< Vision Score >
22
11
< Wards Placed >
10
612
< Time Dealing CC >
700

How to Counter Malphite with Shaco in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Shaco vs. Malphite counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malphite..

Shaco typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Malphite

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Malphite
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Malphite

Who is Better, Shaco or Malphite?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually loses when trying to fight Malphite, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes a bad counter to Malphite.

While Shaco does have a lower winrate compared to Malphite, when facing one another, Shaco also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Malphiteas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Shaco is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Malphite.

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 Malphite Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Malphite as Shaco, we analyzed 5,314 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 Malphite 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 truly master Shaco in order to counter Malphite during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco usually racks up a lot less CS as Malphite. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Shaco versus Malphite build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Shaco used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Malphite than with most other common builds. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Malphite with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Malphite as Shaco, you should equip 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 picked for Shaco vs Malphite counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.

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