Most would say that death isn't funny. It isn't, unless you're Shaco - then it's hysterical. He is Valoran's first fully functioning homicidal comic; he jests until someone dies, and then he laughs. The figure that has come to be known as the Demon Jester is an enigma. No one fully agrees from whence he came, and Shaco never offers any details on his own. A popular belief is that Shaco is not of Runeterra - that he is a thing summoned from a dark and twisted world. Still others believe that he is the demonic manifestation of humanity's dark urges and therefore cannot be reasoned with. The most plausible belief is that Shaco is an assassin for hire, left to his own lunatic devices until his services are needed. Shaco certainly has proven himself to be a cunning individual, evading authorities at every turn who might seek him for questioning for some horrendous, law-breaking atrocity. While such scuttlebutt might reassure the native inhabitants of Valoran, it seems unimaginable that such a malfeasant figure is allowed to remain at large.

Whatever the truth of his history might be, Shaco has joined the League of Legends for reasons only he knows. He is a terrifying figure, typically shunned by both his fellow champions and the media at large. Only the summoners in the Institute of War know why such a creature was allowed into the League, but most Runeterrans suspect it to be a means that allows the power that be to keep an eye on the ever-elusive Shaco. Unsurprisingly, this champion is popular in places where madness can openly reign, such as among the power-hungry summoners of Zaun and Noxus.

Whatever you do, don't tell him you missed the punch line.

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• 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.
• Deceive's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Deceive
Cooldown: 11
Cost: 90/80/70/60/50 Mana
Range: 500
Description: Shaco becomes invisible and teleports to target location. His next attack is guaranteed to critically strike.

Jack In The Box
Cooldown: 16
Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Mana
Range: 425
Description: Shaco creates an animated Jack-in-the-Box at target location, which will wait, invisible, to Fear nearby units and attack them when some come nearby.

Two-Shiv Poison
Cooldown: 8
Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Mana
Range: 625
Description: Shaco's Shivs passively poison targets on hit, slowing them and applying a miss chance to minions. He can throw his Shivs to deal damage and poison the target.

Hallucinate
Cooldown: 100/90/80
Cost: 100 Mana
Range: 0
Description: Shaco creates an illusion of himself near him, which can attack nearby enemies. (Deals half damage to turrets.) Upon death, it explodes, dealing damage to nearby enemies.

Backstab
Description: Shaco deals 20% bonus damage when striking a unit from behind.