Shaco vs Zed Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the jungle: Shaco the assassin, Zed the assassin. The sample behind this page is 626 games from patch 16.13.1, and Shaco wins 57.0% of them. A 7.0-point edge is what puts this matchup in Shaco’s column.
Shared damage type here — mixed for Shaco as well as Zed. The stat sheet reads 630 HP and 30 armour for Shaco against 654 and 32 for Zed. Scaling matters as well: Shaco ends on 2313 HP, Zed on 2337.
A missed Hallucinate from Shaco hands Zed the window to land Living Shadow. The pressure spikes when Hallucinate and Death Mark come online together. Mana against Energy — the sustain maths are not symmetrical here.
With both sitting in melee range (125 against 125), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
626 games sit behind that figure, and it moves whenever Shaco or Zed gets tuned. This matchup rebuilds from live ranked data each cycle.
FAQ
Yes — Shaco holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Shaco wins 57.0% of the recorded games.
57.0% from Shaco's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
626 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Shaco build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Shaco build page.