Shaco with Zilean
How to Synergize Shaco and Zilean
based on 1,154 Shaco with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shaco Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Shaco vs Zilean Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Shaco Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Shaco and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Shaco with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Shaco Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Shaco in LoL
The Shaco Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zilean helps Shaco perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shaco is paired with Zilean, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change may signal that Zilean helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Shaco is played together with Zilean on the same side, 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 Zilean.
Additionally, when Shaco plays with Zilean on the same side, he often receives more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Zilean does a poor job of covering Shaco in teamfights.
Synergies between Shaco and Zilean
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Shaco better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no one best synergy for Shaco that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Zilean is a very typical companion for Shaco. By playing on the same team as Shaco, he drops their win rate by -0.6% to 48.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Shaco and Zilean that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Zilean has a much lower diffuclty than Shaco. That means Shaco players don't need to be careful when enlisting Zilean allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Shaco and Zilean together, you will not be granting your side a great deal of engage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Shaco Players
How We Calculated Our Shaco Zilean Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to work well with Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to prioritize in your Shaco and Zilean synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Shaco bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zilean than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 48.8% helping carry Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip 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 sets players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
If you would like to see Shaco with Zilean collaboration tips and stats for a a specific division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and tips and suggestions shown are computed using every match completed with both champions.