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

Shaco vs Qiyana

How to Beat Qiyana as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Qiyana as Shaco

based on 1,725 Shaco vs Qiyana matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.41
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of rated League games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Qiyana as Shaco resulted from an evaluation of 1725 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Shaco is forced to battle against Qiyana in only 1.3% of his matches.

Shaco vs Qiyana Matchup Summary

Shaco does a good job of beating Qiyana. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.6% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Shaco against Qiyana matches, Shaco’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Qiyana.

Best Shaco vs Qiyana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingHubrisThe CollectorShadowflame

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
>
Last skill for Shaco to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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E
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Qiyana

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.

Shaco vs Qiyana Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Qiyana Image
7.6
< Kills >
8.8
6.6
< Deaths >
7.4
8.3
< Assists >
5.6
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
36
< Minions Killed >
155
1.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.38
7,569
< Physical Damage >
20,970
10,059
< Magic Damage >
1,908
1,603
< True Damage >
932
19,232
< Damage Dealt >
23,810
27,001
< Damage Taken >
25,913
11,763
< Gold Earned >
12,834
1.16
< Towers >
1.54
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
9,075
< Total Healing >
3,540
13,411
< Experience >
14,722
32
< Vision Score >
19
10
< Wards Placed >
7
604
< Time Dealing CC >
105

How to Counter Qiyana with Shaco in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several valuable Shaco against Qiyana matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Qiyana..

Shaco usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Qiyana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Qiyana

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Qiyana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Qiyana

Who is Better, Shaco or Qiyana?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shaco usually wins when trying to fight Qiyana, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes a good counter for Qiyana.

While Shaco does have a higher winrate than Qiyana, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Shaco into Qiyanaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Qiyana matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Shaco is an above average counter for Qiyana. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Shaco against Qiyana.

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Qiyana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Qiyana as Shaco, we analyzed 1,725 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 Qiyana 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 to counter Qiyana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco often accumulates a lot less CS as Qiyana. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Shaco versus Qiyana build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Shaco used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Qiyana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Shaco boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Qiyana with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Qiyana as Shaco, Shaco players 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 Qiyana matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.

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