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Shaco with Riven

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How to Synergize Shaco and Riven

based on 3,924 Shaco with Riven pairs
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.54
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Shaco has been on the same team as Riven in 3924 recent, competitive matches. By pooling so much accurate data straight from the developers of LoL, we are confident that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Shaco play with Riven. It is relatively rare for Shaco to play with Riven as teammates. This has only occurred in about 2.9% of matches with Shaco.

Shaco Riven Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Riven. Typically, he wins an acceptable 48.8% of rounds the champs appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Shaco when fighting on the same team as Riven by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Shaco vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsThe CollectorEssence ReaverImperial Mandate

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

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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
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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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Shaco and Riven

Tips for Playing as Shaco with Riven

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 Understand How Riven Will Play

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Shaco Riven Synergy Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Riven Image
6.8
< Kills >
7.2
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
8.7
< Assists >
8.3
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
32
< Minions Killed >
36
1.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.39
7,233
< Physical Damage >
7,494
10,141
< Magic Damage >
10,083
1,598
< True Damage >
1,612
18,973
< Damage Dealt >
19,190
25,700
< Damage Taken >
26,161
11,237
< Gold Earned >
11,449
1.12
< Towers >
1.14
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
8,861
< Total Healing >
8,932
12,842
< Experience >
13,152
33
< Vision Score >
31
11
< Wards Placed >
10
585
< Time Dealing CC >
600

How to Play with Riven as Shaco in LoL

The Shaco Riven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Riven, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Shaco sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Riven. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Riven helps Shaco perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Shaco plays on the same team as Riven, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This may indicate that Riven does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shaco is played together with Riven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Riven.

Moreover, when Shaco plays with Riven on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Riven does a decent job of protecting Shaco in team fights.

Synergies between Shaco and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Shaco
Riven

Is Shaco better when played alongside Riven?

There is no one best synergy for Shaco that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Riven is a very typical teammate for Shaco. By playing on the same side as Shaco, she lowers their win rate by -0.6% to 48.8%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Shaco and Riven that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Riven has a lower difficulty than Shaco. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Riven teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, Shaco players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by bringing Shaco and Riven together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough magic damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Riven teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco Riven Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Shaco and Riven, we analyzed 3,924 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Shaco with Riven comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to synergize with Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to get in your Shaco and Riven synergy build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Shaco combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Riven than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing alongside Riven with this build.

To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Riven with Shaco are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.