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Shaco with Vel'Koz

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Assassin
Mage

How to Synergize Shaco and Vel'Koz

based on 2,288 Shaco with Vel'Koz pairs
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.49
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Shaco has gone into battle with Vel'Koz in 2288 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much great data from the creators of League, we have complete confidence that we can present to you high-quality, insightful builds to help Shaco synergize with Vel'Koz. It is relatively rare for Shaco to play alongside Vel'Koz as allies. This has only taken place in approx. 1.7% of games with Shaco.

Shaco Vel'Koz Synergy Summary

Shaco does a ok job of teaming up with Vel'Koz. Usually, he wins an acceptable 50.4% of rounds the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Shaco when fighting on the same team as Vel'Koz by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Shaco vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsThe Brutalizer

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

HubrisInfinity EdgeZaz'Zak's RealmspikeShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonersmite 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

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Shaco and Vel'Koz

Tips for Playing as Shaco with Vel'Koz

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 Vel'Koz Will Play

Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.

Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.

When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.

Shaco Vel'Koz Synergy Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Vel'Koz Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
8.1
< Assists >
8.3
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
35
< Minions Killed >
36
1.31
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.39
8,195
< Physical Damage >
7,494
9,177
< Magic Damage >
10,083
1,720
< True Damage >
1,612
19,093
< Damage Dealt >
19,190
27,878
< Damage Taken >
26,161
11,917
< Gold Earned >
11,449
1.13
< Towers >
1.14
0.27
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
10,645
< Total Healing >
8,932
13,870
< Experience >
13,152
27
< Vision Score >
31
8
< Wards Placed >
10
652
< Time Dealing CC >
600

How to Play with Vel'Koz as Shaco in LoL

The Shaco Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, 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 Vel'Koz. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Vel'Koz helps Shaco perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Shaco plays on the same team as Vel'Koz, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Vel'Koz does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Shaco is played together with Vel'Koz 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 with Vel'Koz.

Moreover, when Shaco plays with Vel'Koz on the same team, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Vel'Koz does a poor job of protecting Shaco in team fights.

Synergies between Shaco and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Shaco
Vel'Koz

Is Shaco better when played alongside Vel'Koz?

There is no ideal synergy for Shaco that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, Vel'Koz is a decent teammate for Shaco. By being on the same team as Shaco, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 50.4%. This signals that there is a somewhat important bond between Shaco and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Vel'Koz has a lower difficulty than Shaco. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Vel'Koz teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing alongside, Shaco players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by bringing Shaco and Vel'Koz together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much cover. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in their kit.

Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco Vel'Koz Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Shaco and Vel'Koz, we analyzed 2,288 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 Vel'Koz 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 to pair well with Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to use in your Shaco and Vel'Koz synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Shaco incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Vel'Koz with Shaco are shown for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.