Xayah vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Xayah
based on 2,076 Xayah vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Shaco
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
Advice to Win Against Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Xayah vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Xayah vs. Shaco matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Shaco..
Xayah normally has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Shaco. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Shaco
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Who is Better, Xayah or Shaco?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Shaco, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a poor counter for Shaco.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate compared to Shaco, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Shaco.
Moreover, Xayah also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Shaco. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah usually picks up much more CS compared to Shaco. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Xayah versus Shaco build consist of Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Shaco than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Shaco with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Shaco as Xayah, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xayah vs Shaco battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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