Liandry's Shaco Build

Liandry's Shaco Build.

Liandry's Shaco build with runes and items. Liandry's Shaco guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Liandry's Shaco build in League of Legends Patch 25.08!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Fated Ashes should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Shaco ability Two-Shiv Poison should be leveled first.
E
Shaco ability Jack In The Box should be leveled second.
W
Shaco ability Deceive should be leveled third.
Q
Final items
Sorcerer's Shoes should be final item in your build.
Liandry's Torment should be final item in your build.
Malignance should be final item in your build.
Shadowflame should be final item in your build.
Blackfire Torch should be final item in your build.
Void Staff should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Dark Harvest from Domination tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Liandry's Shaco Runes

Domination
Domination major tree Electrocute rune.
Domination major tree Dark Harvest rune.
Domination major tree Hail of Blades rune.
Domination major tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination major tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination major tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination major tree Sixth Sense rune.
Domination major tree Grisly Mementos rune.
Domination major tree Deep Ward rune.
Domination major tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General

  1. You play as Mage building Burn items.
  2. You rush Liandry's Torment.
  3. You burn your enemies. With DOTs. And debuffs.

How to play

General

  1. Playing Liandry's Shaco build, your default rush is Liandry's Torment vs. HP, Blackfire Torch vs. squishes. Then get the other item
  2. Adapt to an enemy team. Are they full of tanks, and they rush tons of Magic Resist? You rush Void Staff as #2 or #3 item to counter MR stacking. Their team has champs with lots of healing? Rush Oblivion Orb as #2 item (upgrade to Morellonomicon as 4th or 5th item).
  3. Items like Morellonomicon or Oblivon Orb are extra effective with this build, thanks to damage over time effects from Liandry's Torment.
  4. An enemy team has an extremely strong shielding? You can get Serpent's Fang to counter it. It works with your DoTs, meaning shield reduction lasts longer.
  5. Somebody is going after you each fight? Always getting ulted by enemy assassins? Rush Zhonya's Hourglass.
  6. If you are doing well, are ahead and want to have some fun, you can buy The Collector item. It works off your damage over time effects!

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. Your auto attacks do more damage when hitting an enemy from behind. You can use it for farming minions and for damage versus champions. Position properly!
  2. Beware of any DoT effects on you! They make your shape visible when you are invisible, after using Deceive (Q). Pay attention or you are gonna have bad times.
  3. Beware of enemy summoners and abilities that apply True Sight, because they reveal you when you are invisible! For example, getting hit by Mark (Snowball) makes you visible.
  4. You can improve your Shaco game immediately just by changing direction before using Deceive (Q). Pretend that you are going one direction, just to Q into another. Works all directions!
  5. You can use your boxes Jack In The Box (W) for bush control.
  6. You can use your boxes Jack In The Box (W) to block enemy skillshots or to trigger enemy mushrooms/traps/saplings.
  7. The placement of your boxes should depend on how the game is going on. Your team is losing? Better to start putting down your boxes behind you (because otherwise, you cannot protect them at all). Enemy team is full on engagement? You also want to put them behind your team. You are ahead and you can protect your boxes? Put them aggressively in front of you!

Riot

  1. Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
  2. Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
  3. Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Skill Order

  • Shaco [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Deceive
  • Shaco [object Object] ability.
    W
    Jack In The Box
  • Shaco [object Object] ability.
    E
    Two-Shiv Poison
  • Shaco [object Object] ability.
    R
    Hallucinate

Items

Starting items
Tear of the Goddess item.
Fated Ashes item.
Rush this
Liandry's Torment item.
Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good items
Shadowflame item.
Riftmaker item.
Malignance item.
Horizon Focus item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Situational items
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Banshee's Veil item.
Morellonomicon item.
Lich Bane item.
Against high MR
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Void Staff item.
Cryptbloom item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Counter shields
Serpent's Fang item.
Fun item that works with DoTs
The Collector item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Example final build
Sorcerer's Shoes item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Malignance item.
Shadowflame item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Void Staff item.