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

Shaco vs Rakan

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

How to Beat Rakan as Shaco

based on 4,031 Shaco vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.59
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each and every week. In our data, Shaco battled Rakan 4031 times. Having so many matchups for Shaco versus Rakan gives us faith in our capability to prepare actionable data and a supported build to shatter your opposition. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Shaco fights Rakan in only 3.0% of his matches.

Shaco vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco has done a dismal job of countering Rakan. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.2% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Shaco versus Rakan games, Shaco’s side is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Rakan.

Best Shaco vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordThe Brutalizer

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
HubrisVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Luden's CompanionEdge of NightEssence ReaverImperial Mandate

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

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Rakan as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Shaco vs Rakan Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Rakan Image
6.6
< Kills >
1.7
5.8
< Deaths >
5.4
8.4
< Assists >
14.2
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
0.29
35
< Minions Killed >
33
1.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.5
6,673
< Physical Damage >
1,275
9,848
< Magic Damage >
5,076
1,526
< True Damage >
770
18,048
< Damage Dealt >
7,121
24,948
< Damage Taken >
20,730
11,109
< Gold Earned >
8,491
1.14
< Towers >
1.79
0.21
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,675
< Total Healing >
6,048
12,644
< Experience >
10,729
32
< Vision Score >
65
11
< Wards Placed >
31
596
< Time Dealing CC >
189

How to Counter Rakan with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown here show some critical Shaco vs. Rakan matchup statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between these two champions. Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rakan. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Shaco usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Rakan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Rakan

Who is Better, Shaco or Rakan?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rakan, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Shaco makes an ok counter to Rakan.

While Shaco does have a lower winrate compared to Rakan, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Rakanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This 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 Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ 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 Rakan. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

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Shaco Wins Against

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Shaco, we analyzed 4,031 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 Rakan 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 in order to counter Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rakan. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Shaco versus Rakan build include Hubris, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Shaco bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Rakan than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shaco had an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Rakan with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Rakan as Shaco, Shaco players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Shaco vs Rakan counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rakan as Shaco are given for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.