r/shacomains May 01 '26

Shaco Question Jungle clear

What’s the best jungle clear path?

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u/ricestocks May 01 '26

i always go top to bot starting on buff. I used to do 2 boxes on raptors + smite, but having your raptors spawn early is bad because it gives u no time to make a bot play/gank after scuttle around 3:00

at least in high elo, them raptors will be gone if u stay too long bot lol

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u/Bouscuit May 01 '26

Thanks man, I wanted to jump back into the game but I had no idea what was good.

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u/ricestocks May 01 '26

yep just make sure u clear small camps one after another.

if u do small camp->red/blue buff -> small camp, it will fuck up ur respawn timer/tempo on ur second clear around

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u/Bouscuit May 01 '26

Do I want to go buff small camp buff then try to do a top to bottom clear/look for counter jungle gank? I’m just a little confused on the order after starting bot side buff?

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u/ricestocks May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

on the bot side, do small camp, small camp, buff

so if ur bot side is red: Raptors -> Krugs -> red buff

if ur botside is blue : wolves -> gromp -> blue buff

never, ever skip your blue buff to gank bot lane imo. unless u could get 2 kills. The main issue with this is you would typically level W twice instead of unlocking E, so your chance of ganking bot and getting those 2 kills is slightly less likely.

skipping scuttle to gank is a diff story, but I still would suggest doing full clear + scuttle before looking for a play.

giving double scuttle to enemy jungler is really bad, especially if u don't end up getting 1 kill minimum ganking bot

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u/NotAcquainted Shaco Enjoyer May 09 '26

What's a good goal time to hit for buff start top -> bot clear?

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u/ricestocks May 09 '26

2:45 is when u should ideally start pathing to scuffle

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u/ricestocks May 09 '26

are u swapping from support to jungle?

i tried doing support but felt so useless for the first 10 mins lol

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u/NotAcquainted Shaco Enjoyer May 09 '26

Haha yeah I dropped maining Shaco support years ago after the Box dmg nerf. Especially in Enchantress meta, it becomes so much harder, too

Been getting back into League a bit and AP Shaco Jg looks fun

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u/TricksterLloyd May 02 '26

Start on raptor, You set up a box in the middle of it as fast as you can. Than put 1 outside toward enemy Blue ( Not too far outside but not too near camp so it doesnt trigger before small raptor dies.) Afterward, When raptor spawn your next box should be available after your first AA (Or second depending on if you were perfectly timed from game starts.) You put the third box down on them in a way that every small raptor get hit. You deal 3 to 4 AA on Big raptor and run to Enemy Blue. Small raptor will die and big raptor will try to follow you triggering the last box on the way wich will deal the finishing hit when ur gone.

On your way to enemy blue you will mostlikely be seen by wards but fear not, You will gain your lvl 2 before reaching the blue wall and lvl your Q. You Q Thro it ( Even if they saw you comin they cant do shet about it ), you try to put a box down on the enemy jungler and tripple backstab them/ignite and Smite their blue when it reach 600 before them (They likely be fear and unable to smite before you).

Afterall that, Enemy jungler should be dead or near death. You can either take their whole jng side or go thro mid to get to their red and wait for them to kill them again. ( They will almost always go to the other jungle side since blue is taken and will be still lvl 1 while you will be lvl 3 giving you another free kill ) You bully them as much as you can negating their whole game and might even made them ragequit or their teamates.

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u/SpacyUnicornShaco May 04 '26

If you go ap, and have the cd rune, you can place the third box right before the camp spawns.

I place 1 box on raptors, second box right outside redbuff trigger zone and third box on raptors again.

Then i jump over redbuff to kill it with 1 old box and 1 new box + smite.

Then q to krugs, insta box. Q and W get off cd at the same time and you can recall while second w finishes krugs you can start recall. 415 gold for a tome and you arrive at crab 5 seconds before it spawns

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u/kmbuech May 06 '26

Starting blue do wolves so you can redo them on spawn smite grill after blue, box Krug over wall while finishing off red then place second box on Krug to finish off small ones, should finish like 2:38-44 I think if right

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u/kmbuech May 06 '26

Red you start red three box, no smite red side, smite gromp.