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How to Synergize Shaco with Veigar on the Same TeamShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco with Veigar

How to Win With Shaco and Veigar Paired TogetherShaco is in the b tier of champions
Assassin
Mage

How to Synergize Shaco and Veigar

based on 4,814 Shaco with Veigar pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.42
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Shaco has gone into battle with Veigar in 4814 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data directly from the makers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can showcase robust, accurate builds to help Shaco play with Veigar. It is relatively rare for Shaco to play alongside Veigar on the same side. This has only occurred in approximately 3.6% of rounds with Shaco.

Shaco Veigar Synergy Summary

Shaco does a ok job of synergizing with Veigar. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.2% of the time the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Shaco when playing with Veigar by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Shaco vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeSerylda's GrudgeOpportunity

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveEssence ReaverZaz'Zak's RealmspikeShadowflame

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

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
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
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R
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Shaco and Veigar

Tips for Playing as Shaco with Veigar

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 Veigar Will Play

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

Shaco Veigar Synergy Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Veigar Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.2
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
8.4
< Assists >
8.3
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
36
< Minions Killed >
36
1.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.39
7,839
< Physical Damage >
7,494
9,722
< Magic Damage >
10,083
1,655
< True Damage >
1,612
19,216
< Damage Dealt >
19,190
26,886
< Damage Taken >
26,161
11,542
< Gold Earned >
11,449
1.13
< Towers >
1.14
0.21
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
9,218
< Total Healing >
8,932
13,449
< Experience >
13,152
30
< Vision Score >
31
10
< Wards Placed >
10
612
< Time Dealing CC >
600

How to Play with Veigar as Shaco in LoL

The Shaco Veigar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Veigar, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Veigar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Veigar helps Shaco perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Shaco is paired with Veigar, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Veigar provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Shaco is played with Veigar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Veigar.

Additionally, when Shaco plays with Veigar on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Veigar does a poor job of covering Shaco during teamfights.

Synergies between Shaco and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Shaco
Veigar

Is Shaco better when played alongside Veigar?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Shaco that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, Veigar is a very typical teammate for Shaco. By playing on the same side as Shaco, he raises their win rate by 0.8% to 50.2%. This signals that there is only a small strategic relationship between Shaco and Veigar that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Veigar has a lower difficulty than Shaco. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Veigar allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Playing on the same side, Shaco players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by aligning Shaco and Veigar together, you probably will not be providing your team a lot of tankyness. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Veigar ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco Veigar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Shaco and Veigar, we analyzed 4,814 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 Veigar 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to work well with Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to have in your Shaco and Veigar synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Shaco included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Veigar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Shaco had an average win rate of 50.2% when playing alongside Veigar with this build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Shaco players should take 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 builds we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.

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