Shaco·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Shaco Top build, you should take Teleport and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Legend: Haste in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Cryptbloom and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 51.0% winrate over 681 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Shaco Top build would be to take Teleport and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Last Stand in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Malignance, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Morellonomicon and Cryptbloom. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 47.5% win rate over 179 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Teleport and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Luden's Companion as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Morellonomicon, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 53.0% win rate across 66 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Shaco Top build in the current patch, try Teleport and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blackfire Torch as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Liandry's Torment as third item. The last 3 options are Malignance, Rabadon's Deathcap and Luden's Companion. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 41.9% win rate over 62 matches played.

Situational Shaco Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Shaco build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.