League Classic matchup
Fiddlesticks vs Shaco
The lane, from both sides
Fiddlesticks’s side
- Weak against Shacofrom the AP Burst Mage build (Jungle)
Shaco invades before
DrainDrainWActive: Fiddlesticks tethers himself to the target enemy and channels for up to 5 seconds. While channeling, he deals magic damage each second, and heals himself for a percentage of the damage done. If the target breaks the tether by moving out of range, Drain ends immediately. makes Fiddlesticks self-sufficient, and 
DeceiveDeceiveQActive: Shaco instantly blinks to the target location and becomes invisible for up to 3.5 seconds. Shaco's next basic attack within 6 seconds to critically strike for bonus critical damage. into 
Two-Shiv PoisonTwo-Shiv PoisonEPassive: Shaco's basic attacks poison his targets, slowing them for 2 seconds and reducing minions' chance to hit for 2 seconds. This passive is lost when Two-Shiv Poison is on cooldown. Active: Shaco throws a dagger at the target enemy, dealing magic damage and slowing them for 3 seconds. beats a jungler whose clear depends on standing still and channelling.
Shaco’s side
- Strong against Fiddlesticksfrom the Crit Assassin build (Jungle)
Fiddlesticks is helpless until
DrainDrainWActive: Fiddlesticks tethers himself to the target enemy and channels for up to 5 seconds. While channeling, he deals magic damage each second, and heals himself for a percentage of the damage done. If the target breaks the tether by moving out of range, Drain ends immediately. is up and DeceiveDeceiveQActive: Shaco instantly blinks to the target location and becomes invisible for up to 3.5 seconds. Shaco's next basic attack within 6 seconds to critically strike for bonus critical damage. arrives before that. 
TerrifyTerrifyQActive: Fiddlesticks causes the target enemy to flee as well as slowing them by 90%. is one cast against a champion who opens from stealth and leaves with 
HallucinateHallucinateRActive: Shaco vanishes for 0.5 seconds and blinks in the target direction while creating a clone of himself that is summoned in the opposite direction, remaining within control range of him as a controllable clone for up to 18 seconds. Hallucinate can be recast at any time while the clone is alive, and can be used while affected by cast-inhibiting crowd control. The clone deals 75% of Shaco's damage and receives 50% increased damage. Recast: Shaco commands the clone to move to the target location. Can also recast with [Alt + RM2]..
The lane in detail
FiddlesticksShacoShaco-favored: the boxes are already there
A box waits 60 seconds; Terrify comes back every 15.
DeceiveDeceiveQActive: Shaco instantly blinks to the target location and becomes invisible for up to 3.5 seconds. Shaco's next basic attack within 6 seconds to critically strike for bonus critical damage. costs 90 mana on its first point and 50 on its last, so the invade Shaco can least afford is the early one. That is also the one where DrainDrainWActive: Fiddlesticks tethers himself to the target enemy and channels for up to 5 seconds. While channeling, he deals magic damage each second, and heals himself for a percentage of the damage done. If the target breaks the tether by moving out of range, Drain ends immediately. is 80 mana for 300 over five seconds.
Who has the lane, level by level
1–23–56–8- 1–2Shaco: Boxes prepare the camp before it spawns
- 3–5Shaco: Deceive opens the fight from stealth
- 6–8Shaco: Crowstorm channels; Hallucinate simply leaves
- 9–18Even: Rank 5 Drain outlasts one burst
- 1Jack in the BoxLevel 1: One point from the first camp: 50 mana, back in 16, and it waits 60
- 3DeceiveLevel 3: Its first point is its dearest: 90 mana, and 11 seconds either way
- 6CrowstormLevel 6: 1.5 seconds of channel, then a blink of up to 800 units
- 6HallucinateLevel 6: 100 mana for an 18 second clone and a blink out
- 9DrainLevel 9: Maxed at last, and the heal ratio reaches 80%
- 9Two-Shiv PoisonLevel 9: Maxed on the same level: 210 from 625 units, with the slow at 30%
The numbers, head to head
FiddlesticksShacoLevel 1 button
DrainDrainWActive: Fiddlesticks tethers himself to the target enemy and channels for up to 5 seconds. While channeling, he deals magic damage each second, and heals himself for a percentage of the damage done. If the target breaks the tether by moving out of range, Drain ends immediately. needs him beside the camp; the box was placed before it spawned.
Both mains at rank 5, level 9
DrainDrainWActive: Fiddlesticks tethers himself to the target enemy and channels for up to 5 seconds. While channeling, he deals magic damage each second, and heals himself for a percentage of the damage done. If the target breaks the tether by moving out of range, Drain ends immediately. wants five seconds held; Two-Shiv PoisonTwo-Shiv PoisonEPassive: Shaco's basic attacks poison his targets, slowing them for 2 seconds and reducing minions' chance to hit for 2 seconds. This passive is lost when Two-Shiv Poison is on cooldown. Active: Shaco throws a dagger at the target enemy, dealing magic damage and slowing them for 3 seconds. is one throw from 625.
Fear per cast, rank 1
A 1 second fear needs him in range; the box was already where he was going.
What crowd control does to level 6
HallucinateHallucinateRActive: Shaco vanishes for 0.5 seconds and blinks in the target direction while creating a clone of himself that is summoned in the opposite direction, remaining within control range of him as a controllable clone for up to 18 seconds. Hallucinate can be recast at any time while the clone is alive, and can be used while affected by cast-inhibiting crowd control. The clone deals 75% of Shaco's damage and receives 50% increased damage. Recast: Shaco commands the clone to move to the target location. Can also recast with [Alt + RM2]. casts through crowd control. Nothing in TerrifyTerrifyQActive: Fiddlesticks causes the target enemy to flee as well as slowing them by 90%. stops it.
Attack range, units
125DeceiveDeceiveQActive: Shaco instantly blinks to the target location and becomes invisible for up to 3.5 seconds. Shaco's next basic attack within 6 seconds to critically strike for bonus critical damage. puts Shaco behind him, which is where 
BackstabBackstabPassiveInnate: Shaco deals 20% bonus damage when attacking an enemy from behind. adds 20%.
Reach, from above
Fiddlesticks
Shaco
Rings are ranges in game units, both radars on one scale. Abilities wear their icon, the basic attack wears the champion’s own face; the dashed ring wearing the opponent’s face is their longest reach.
The item race
Fiddlesticks
700gClear speed with no channel: 10 magic damage a hit on monsters, and Butcher adds 20% on top.
2000gThe camp race is the lane here, and Haunting Memories takes 20% off Smite.
1100gTwo-Shiv Poison slows 10% to 30%, so the 45 movement speed matters more here than the 15 penetration.
3260gBackstab pays on basic attacks, so 50 armor is the buy; the 2.5 seconds are for the clone behind him.
Shaco
700gThe 25% proc is 300 magic damage to a camp, which is how Shaco reaches the blue buff first.
2000gA ward near the next contested camp gives Shaco warning before Fiddlesticks can channel an unseen Crowstorm.
900gExtra attack speed helps use the time Fiddlesticks spends fleeing, if Shaco can stay behind him for Backstab.
2500gStatikk Shank pays 100 magic damage every hundred charges, and moving between camps is what builds them.
Play it as Fiddlesticks
- 1Spend TerrifyTerrifyQActive: Fiddlesticks causes the target enemy to flee as well as slowing them by 90%. the moment he is visible; 3.5 seconds of DeceiveDeceiveQActive: Shaco instantly blinks to the target location and becomes invisible for up to 3.5 seconds. Shaco's next basic attack within 6 seconds to critically strike for bonus critical damage. is his whole opener.
- 2Do not chase the clone. It deals 75% of his damage, takes 50% more, and lives 18 seconds.
- 3Check likely box positions before channeling. A triggered fear can interrupt DrainDrainWActive: Fiddlesticks tethers himself to the target enemy and channels for up to 5 seconds. While channeling, he deals magic damage each second, and heals himself for a percentage of the damage done. If the target breaks the tether by moving out of range, Drain ends immediately. even when Shaco is outside TerrifyTerrifyQActive: Fiddlesticks causes the target enemy to flee as well as slowing them by 90%. range.
Play it as Shaco
- 1Place the box before the camp spawns; it takes two seconds to vanish and then sits for 60.
- 2Open DeceiveDeceiveQActive: Shaco instantly blinks to the target location and becomes invisible for up to 3.5 seconds. Shaco's next basic attack within 6 seconds to critically strike for bonus critical damage. from behind. BackstabBackstabPassiveInnate: Shaco deals 20% bonus damage when attacking an enemy from behind. adds 20% and the stored hit crits for 140% at rank 1.
- 3Keep him slowed and keep moving; Two-Shiv PoisonTwo-Shiv PoisonEPassive: Shaco's basic attacks poison his targets, slowing them for 2 seconds and reducing minions' chance to hit for 2 seconds. This passive is lost when Two-Shiv Poison is on cooldown. Active: Shaco throws a dagger at the target enemy, dealing magic damage and slowing them for 3 seconds. is 8 seconds flat and 625 units of reach.
The catch
Jack in the BoxJack in the BoxWActive: Shaco summons a box at the target location that becomes invisible after a 2-second delay and lasts for up to 60 seconds. If an enemy springs the trap, it opens and causes surrounding enemies to turn and flee while it attacks nearby enemies for up to 5 seconds. can interrupt a channel with fear. Two-Shiv PoisonTwo-Shiv PoisonEPassive: Shaco's basic attacks poison his targets, slowing them for 2 seconds and reducing minions' chance to hit for 2 seconds. This passive is lost when Two-Shiv Poison is on cooldown. Active: Shaco throws a dagger at the target enemy, dealing magic damage and slowing them for 3 seconds.'s slow cannot, but it helps Shaco reposition around the drain. 
CrowstormCrowstormRActive: After channeling for 1.5 seconds, Fiddlesticks blinks to the target location with a murder of crows flying wildly around him for 5 seconds, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies each second. is vulnerable during its 1.5-second setup; after the blink, its damage continues for five seconds. Do not treat every slow or blink as an interrupt.
The kits at a glance
Fiddlesticks
Full abilities- Dread
- Terrify
- Drain
- Dark Wind
- Crowstorm
Shaco
Full abilities- Backstab
- Deceive
- Jack in the Box
- Two-Shiv Poison
- Hallucinate
Base stats, side by side
| Stat | Fiddlesticks | Shaco |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 470 (+80) | 525 (+84) |
| HP regen | 1.04 (+0.12) | 1.6 (+0.11) |
| Mana | 310 (+59) | 270 (+40) |
| Attack damage | 48.575 (+2.625) | 55.2 (+3.5) |
| Armor | 18.5 (+3.5) | 22.5 (+3.5) |
| Magic resist | 30 | 31.25 (+1.25) |
| Attack speed | 0.625 (+2.11) | 0.694 (+3) |
| Move speed | 335 | 350 |
| Attack range | 480 | 125 |
Level-1 values with per-level growth in parentheses, read from the Classic client and re-checked against it on every update.
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