Shaco — League Classic (Season 3)

Classic builds

Era-accurate Season 3 (2013) builds.In-game values and the live meta may differ before the July 29 launch.Why?

League Classic is a curated recreation of old League and is still being balanced ahead of the July 29 launch, so in-game values and the live meta may differ. We’ll update builds as the mode settles.

AD Assassin Jungle

Researched, pending verification

Items

Starting

Hunter's Machete
Health Potionx5

Boots

Berserker's Greavesdefault: attack speed
Mercury's Treadsvs heavy CC

Core build path

Wriggle's Lanternera jungle staple: sustain, ward
Statikk Shiv
Infinity Edge
The Bloodthirster

Situational

Buy these only when the game calls for it. They are not part of the core path.

vs armor stacking

Last Whisper

vs bruisers or tanks

Blade of the Ruined King%HP damage + lifesteal

slow and CDR to stick

Iceborn Gauntlet

survivability or reset

Guardian Angelsuperb with Deceive

vs heavy AP or hard CC

Mercurial Scimitarthe QSS upgrade

Summoner spells

Smite
FlashorIgnite

Max order

Max Deceive first for the backstab burst; boxes stay clear-and-fear utility.

Ability leveling order from level 1 to 18
Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q		1		2	3		4	5
W	1													2	3		4	5
E			1						2	3		4	5
R						1					2					3

Runes

Marks

9/9

9× Greater Mark of Armor Penetration

Seals

9/9

9× Greater Seal of Armor

Glyphs

9/9

9× Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist

Quintessences

3/3

3× Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage

Masteries

21/9/0

Offense / Defense / Utility

Offense

4/4
4/4
3/31/1
2/22/2
1/13/3
1/1

Defense

4/4
3/31/3
1/1

Utility

Notes

The nightmare jungler of Season 3. His whole game is Deceive positioning and the guaranteed backstab crit: walk in invisible, hit them from behind for a huge crit, Two-Shiv to finish, and vanish before the team reacts. Boxes clear camps and win the fear mind-game around objectives. The catch is that he is item-reliant and armor is his hard counter, so if he does not snowball an early lead he can be dead weight. High skill floor, higher ceiling.

Not hand-checked yet, so treat these values as provisional. Source: Season 3 MOBAFire community guides (2012-2013), AD crit assassin build.

AP Burst Jungle

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Items

Starting

Hunter's Machete
Health Potionx5

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoesdefault: magic penetration
Mercury's Treadsvs heavy CC

Core build path

Spirit of the Elder Lizardtrue-damage clear and gank threat
Deathfire Graspthe signature: point-and-click % nuke
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rylai's Crystal Scepter

Situational

Buy these only when the game calls for it. They are not part of the core path.

vs magic resist stacking

Void Staff

burst, sustain and slow

Hextech Gunblade

vs heavy AD

Zhonya's Hourglass

extra HP to survive dives

Rod of Ages

teamfight AoE or poke

Liandry's Tormentconstant burn with Rylai's

Summoner spells

Smite
IgniteorFlash

Max order

Max Jack in the Box first for clear speed and burst.

Ability leveling order from level 1 to 18
Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q			1											2	3		4	5
W	1			2	3		4	5
E		1							2	3		4	5
R						1					2					3

Runes

Marks

9/9

9× Greater Mark of Magic Penetration

Seals

9/9

9× Greater Seal of Armor

Glyphs

9/9

9× Greater Glyph of Ability Power

Quintessences

3/3

3× Greater Quintessence of Ability Power

Masteries

21/0/9

Offense / Defense / Utility

Offense

4/4
4/4
3/31/1
3/31/1
4/4
1/1

Defense

Utility

1/13/33/3
1/3
1/1

Notes

The build that made people hate seeing the jester on the enemy team. Drop a box, Two-Shiv, Deathfire Grasp, Ignite, and most squishies are simply deleted before they can respond, and if you die, Hallucinate's clone explosion and box nest can still turn a fight. Boxes give absurd objective and vision control. He is fragile and falls off if the game goes very long, so use the early-game terror to snowball. Magic resist and tenacity are the answers.

Not hand-checked yet, so treat these values as provisional. Source: Season 3 MOBAFire community guides (2012-2013), AP box/Deathfire burst build.

Abilities

Passive
Backstab
Shaco's basic attacks and Two-Shiv Poison deal bonus damage and can critically strike when he hits an enemy from behind. Positioning behind the target is the whole champion.
Q
Deceive
Cost 90/80/70/60/50 ManaRange 400
Shaco blinks to the target location and becomes invisible for a few seconds, functioning like a Flash. His next attack out of stealth deals bonus physical damage, and is a guaranteed critical strike if it lands from behind. His core engage, escape, and burst tool.
W
Jack in the Box
Cost 50/55/60/65/70 ManaRange 425
Shaco places a stealthed box that arms after a short delay. When an enemy comes near, it fears surrounding enemies and fires, dealing magic damage that scales with ability power. Used to clear camps, zone, and set up ganks.
E
Two-Shiv Poison
Cooldown 8sCost 50/55/60/65/70 ManaRange 625
Passive: while off cooldown, Shaco's attacks slow. Active: he throws a shiv for magic damage (scaling with ability power and bonus attack damage) and a slow, dealing extra damage to low-health targets. The AP build's main nuke.
R
Hallucinate
Cooldown 100/90/80sCost 100 ManaRange Self
Shaco creates a clone that fights for a few seconds. On death it explodes for magic damage (scaling with ability power) and drops a nest of three instantly-arming Jack in the Boxes. Burst, deception, and objective control.

Base data from Data Dragon 3.13.24, not yet hand-checked. Old-patch ddragon values are unreliable and League Classic may differ.

Base stats

Health: 441; +84 / lvl
Health regen: 7.45; +0.55 / lvl
Mana: 230; +40 / lvl
Mana regen: 6.4; +0.45 / lvl
Attack damage: 51.7; +3.5 / lvl
Attack speed: 0.694; +3% / lvl
Armor: 15; +3.5 / lvl
Magic resist: 30; +1.25 / lvl
Move speed: 350
Attack range: 125