Use Shaco's high early pressure and stealth to disrupt Xin Zhao's predictable river paths and contest camps before he can engage.
Prioritize early aggression and trap control to create chaos around dragon and Rift Herald entrances, leveraging Shaco's deceptive ganks and box setups.
Manage tempo by hiding your route and forcing Xin Zhao into reactive plays, denying his strong level 3 dueling advantage.
Jungle Plan
Choose pathing that hides your first clear route and sets traps around dragon and Rift Herald to control objective access.
Fight for Scuttle only when your lanes can collapse first, then use your boxes and clone to disrupt Xin Zhao's engage.
Use early ganks and counter-jungling to deny Xin Zhao scaling, leveraging your high clear speed and mobility to avoid his direct river fights.
Danger windows
Xin Zhao's level 3 with (E) and (Q) up is a major threat; avoid isolated river fights without lane support.
Be cautious during forced smite fights on dragon or Herald when Xin Zhao can use (R) to zone you and your team.
Avoid low-health clears or extended duels in Xin Zhao's jungle where he can collapse with follow-up from lanes.
Early game
Start with a box setup for a fast and healthy first clear, then move quickly to river entrances to place traps before Xin Zhao arrives.
Contest first Scuttle only if nearby lanes have priority to back you up against Xin Zhao's level 3 fight potential.
Avoid extended early duels when Xin Zhao has (E) and (Q) ready; instead, focus on counter-invades and surprise ganks using (Q) invisibility.
Power spikes
Level 2 and 3 are critical; use your early gank and invade cheese to punish Xin Zhao before he completes his full kit.
After level 6, use your clone (R) to isolate Xin Zhao or protect your objective setups from his zone control (R).
Exploit Xin Zhao's weaker late-game scaling by snowballing early leads through camp steals and trap control.
Win conditions
Convert early jungle tempo into objective control by using boxes and clone to secure dragon and Rift Herald entrances.
Use deceptive paths and invisibility to create unpredictable ganks that snowball lanes and deny Xin Zhao farm.
Maintain vision and trap control around river to force Xin Zhao into unfavorable fights or miss key objectives.
Tip: For Shaco vs Xin Zhao, read overview, trading pattern, and danger windows first for a fast Jungle lane check.
