Lethality Shaco Build

Lethality Shaco Build.

Lethality Shaco build with runes and items. Lethality Shaco guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Lethality Shaco build in League of Legends Patch 14.24!

Updated: 2024-12-18 ()

TLDR

Starting items
Serrated Dirk should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Shaco ability Deceive should be leveled first.
Q
Shaco ability Two-Shiv Poison should be leveled second.
E
Shaco ability Jack In The Box should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
The Collector should be final item in your build.
Youmuu's Ghostblade should be final item in your build.
Profane Hydra should be final item in your build.
Hubris should be final item in your build.
Serylda's Grudge should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Hail of Blades from Domination tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Lethality 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 Zombie Ward rune.
Domination major tree Ghost Poro rune.
Domination major tree Eyeball Collection 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 to play

General
  1. You build Lethality and wait for a moment to strike enemy squishes.
  2. Snowball / Mark is a crucial cooldown for playing this build. Do not waste it or even wait to hit the enemy at point-blank range to ensure hit (so you follow them, if they Flash).
  3. If an enemy team is full of tanks or bruisers, rush Serylda's Grudge or even Lord Dominik's Regards early (sometimes even #2). Black Cleaver is also an alternative. The key is to adapt to the enemy team.
  4. This build revolves around Hail of Blades and Lethality short bursts of damage.
Shaco Lethality specific
  1. The most crucial part of playing this build is to: attack from behind (position properly with Q!) and know where to go in (need to be smart about it).
  2. Ideally, you go in with Q and Hail of Blades up, kill enemy, get invisibility from Duskblade and run away/reposition/continue.

Tips and Tricks

General
  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 DoT effects on you! They make your shape visible when you are invisible, after using Deceive (Q)!
  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 use your boxes Jack in the Box (W) for bush control.
  5. You can use your boxes Jack in the Box (W) to block enemy skillshots or to trigger enemy mushrooms/traps/saplings.
  6. 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
Serrated Dirk item.
Rush this
The Collector item.
Boots
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Berserker's Greaves item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Get it post 15 lvl
Zephyr item.
Good items
The Collector item.
Profane Hydra item.
Youmuu's Ghostblade item.
Spear of Shojin item.
Opportunity item.
Voltaic Cyclosword item.
Essence Reaver item.
Serylda's Grudge item.
OK items
Edge of Night item.
Axiom Arc item.
Umbral Glaive item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Muramana item.
Counter items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Executioner's Calling item.
Chempunk Chainsword item.
Mercurial Scimitar item.
Serpent's Fang item.
Anti tank items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Black Cleaver item.
Lord Dominik's Regards item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Good defensive items
Maw of Malmortius item.
Death's Dance item.
Anti poke items
Kaenic Rookern item.
Warmog's Armor item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
The Collector item.
Youmuu's Ghostblade item.
Profane Hydra item.
Hubris item.
Serylda's Grudge item.