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Shaco AP Comet Guide
Patch 26.19 Iron-Emerald·Difficulty:
AP Shaco on Arcane Comet plays through W instead of Q. You max W, build Blackfire Torch into Liandry's Torment, and win by putting W where the enemy is about to be: the path they walk, the bush they check, the pit you will fight over. Q scales only with attack damage, so on this build it is your way in behind a W or your way out, never your damage. Your job is setup and position, then letting the burn finish what the W started.
Runes
Quick Tips
All phases
- •Enemies buy sweeper against you. Once you see one, move your W off the obvious bush.
- •Smite plus Ignite means Ignite has to finish a kill. Never spend it as poke.
- •Base on the item, not on your HP. Fated Ashes, then Blackfire Torch, then Lucidity.
- •Take the objective and leave. A one HP Shaco is worth nothing to the enemy, and a one HP enemy is worth nothing to you.
Skill Priority
W
›E
›Q
Q
·
2
·
·
·
W
1
·
·
4
5
E
·
·
3
·
·
Early Game
Before 1st item
- •Your first clear should have you level 4 by 3:14, and by 2:50 once you are Master.
- •Level 1, place W at raptors at 0:25 and again at 0:40, then start red. The big raptor walks to you low, and one Smite takes it for level 2.
- •Full clear by default. Leave a camp at a quarter health with a W on it and walk on, the W finishes it.
- •You reach scuttle before most junglers. Put a W or a ward on it first, and if they contest, the fight starts on your terms.
- •Gank only when the checklist is met: target pushed past midline, under half HP, Flash down. A W placed behind the target is your hard CC.
- •Track the enemy jungler with camp timers and Tab, and invade on information, never blind.
- •Base the moment Fated Ashes is affordable. Unspent gold is a gank that did nothing.
First Back
Regular full clear & crab
Core Build Examples
Default
vs heavy AD
Mandate second
Liandry's first
Mid Game
1-3 items
- •Blackfire Torch is the spike. From here the W you place before a fight does real damage, so fight where your W already is.
- •Set objectives up a full minute ahead: camps cleared, vision down, and W placed in the pit and on the paths into it.
- •Play around your strongest laner. Path toward them, mirror their resets, and fight on their clock.
- •After a kill, stop and convert: dragon, plates or a base.
- •Take grubs or herald only when they are free or as a trade across the map. They are not worth a fight when your top side is weak.
- •Check Tab before every commit: numbers, HP, R, gold spent. Missing one means go later or not at all.
Situational
vs Tanks
Good Vs
vs Heavy healing
Good Vs
vs AD burst
Good Vs
vs AP burst
Good Vs
vs Hard CC
Good Vs
vs Squishy junglers
Good Vs
vs Early divers
Good Vs
Late Game
4+ items
- •Shaco does not fall off late, so never force an early play out of fear that he does.
- •You are a back line threat now. Arrive after the enemy has committed and never walk in first.
- •R dodges one lockdown or burst spell. Keep it for the one that would kill you.
- •When behind, farm, play to live, and wait for the enemy mistake. A Shaco who is alive still threatens the fight.
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Shaco AP Comet Guide
Patch 26.19 Iron-Emerald·Difficulty:
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Runes
Skill Priority
W
›E
›Q
Q
·
2
·
·
·
W
1
·
·
4
5
E
·
·
3
·
·
Core Build Examples
Default
vs heavy AD
Mandate second
Liandry's first
First Back
Regular full clear & crab
Situational
vs Tanks
Good Vs
vs Heavy healing
Good Vs
vs AD burst
Good Vs
vs AP burst
Good Vs
vs Hard CC
Good Vs
vs Squishy junglers
Good Vs
vs Early divers
Good Vs
Quick Tips
All phases
- •Enemies buy sweeper against you. Once you see one, move your W off the obvious bush.
- •Smite plus Ignite means Ignite has to finish a kill. Never spend it as poke.
- •Base on the item, not on your HP. Fated Ashes, then Blackfire Torch, then Lucidity.
- •Take the objective and leave. A one HP Shaco is worth nothing to the enemy, and a one HP enemy is worth nothing to you.
Early Game
Before 1st item
- •Your first clear should have you level 4 by 3:14, and by 2:50 once you are Master.
- •Level 1, place W at raptors at 0:25 and again at 0:40, then start red. The big raptor walks to you low, and one Smite takes it for level 2.
- •Full clear by default. Leave a camp at a quarter health with a W on it and walk on, the W finishes it.
- •You reach scuttle before most junglers. Put a W or a ward on it first, and if they contest, the fight starts on your terms.
- •Gank only when the checklist is met: target pushed past midline, under half HP, Flash down. A W placed behind the target is your hard CC.
- •Track the enemy jungler with camp timers and Tab, and invade on information, never blind.
- •Base the moment Fated Ashes is affordable. Unspent gold is a gank that did nothing.
Mid Game
1-3 items
- •Blackfire Torch is the spike. From here the W you place before a fight does real damage, so fight where your W already is.
- •Set objectives up a full minute ahead: camps cleared, vision down, and W placed in the pit and on the paths into it.
- •Play around your strongest laner. Path toward them, mirror their resets, and fight on their clock.
- •After a kill, stop and convert: dragon, plates or a base.
- •Take grubs or herald only when they are free or as a trade across the map. They are not worth a fight when your top side is weak.
- •Check Tab before every commit: numbers, HP, R, gold spent. Missing one means go later or not at all.
Late Game
4+ items
- •Shaco does not fall off late, so never force an early play out of fear that he does.
- •You are a back line threat now. Arrive after the enemy has committed and never walk in first.
- •R dodges one lockdown or burst spell. Keep it for the one that would kill you.
- •When behind, farm, play to live, and wait for the enemy mistake. A Shaco who is alive still threatens the fight.