Shen Build
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Shen Build

Ki Barrier
Twilight Assault
Q
Spirit's Refuge
W
Shadow Dash
E
Stand United
R
Tank
Tank
0/0
Win/Loss
0%
Pick Rate
<1%
Ban Rate

Matchups

Shen is strong against
56%
54%
54%
54%
54%
Nasus
54%
Camille
53%
Gragas
53%
Renekton
53%
Garen
52%
Gangplank
52%
Cho'Gath
52%
Maokai
52%
Yorick
52%
Volibear
51%
Tahm Kench
51%
Sion
51%
Ornn
51%
Pantheon
51%
Fiora
51%
Shen is weak against
Vladimir
46%
Kayle
48%
Illaoi
48%
Sett
48%
Singed
48%
Riven
48%
Tryndamere
49%
Mordekaiser
49%
Darius
49%
Gwen
49%
Ambessa
49%
Aurora
49%
Irelia
50%
Dr. Mundo
50%
Urgot
50%
Aatrox
50%
Trundle
50%
Gnar
50%
Teemo
50%
Fiora
51%

Early Shen Build

Summoner Spells
FlashTeleport
71%
3
Flash
29%
1
Starter Items
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
100%
4
Starter Trinket
Stealth Ward
100%
4
Item
First
Second
Heartsteel
43%
2
Sunfire Aegis
29%
1
Titanic Hydra
29%
1

Shen Item Build

Item Buy Order
Two
Three
HeartsteelHollow Radiance
40%
1
Sunfire AegisRanduin's Omen
20%
1
Titanic HydraHeartsteel
20%
1
Core Items
Heartsteel
57%
2
Randuin's Omen
29%
1
Hollow Radiance
29%
1
Sunfire Aegis
29%
1
Jak'Sho, The Protean
29%
1
Titanic Hydra
29%
1
Kaenic Rookern
14%
1
Dead Man's Plate
14%
1
Spirit Visage
14%
1
Final Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
33%
1
33%
1
17%
1
Final Trinket
Stealth Ward
71%
3
14%
1
14%
1

Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Twilight Assault
Q
Shadow Dash
E
Spirit's Refuge
W
100%
4
Twilight Assault
Q
Spirit's Refuge
W
Shadow Dash
E
Stand United
R

Runes

Resolve + Domination
Grasp of the Undying
Domination
Grasp of the Undying
Resolve
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Aftershock
Guardian
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
Domination
Domination
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Zombie Ward
Ghost Poro
Eyeball Collection
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter

How to play Shen

Shen Shen – the Eye of Twilight – is based on our LoL Top Tier List on patch 14.23 a A-Tier Top Top champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Shen Shen has a win rate of 50.9%, a pick rate of 3.1%, a ban rate of 0.7% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Tank Tank is in a good spot in the current meta of season 14. If you want to learn how to play Shen on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is moderately difficult to play in LoL. This Shen guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Shen. The upcoming LoL Shen Top Build is the most popular build picked by many Pros.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your Shen Shen runes and summoner spells. The best Shen Top Runes 14.23 are Resolve Resolve as the primary path and Domination Domination as the secondary path. The most supportive Shen Shen keystone rune is Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying. Flash Flash and Teleport Teleport are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Shen Build the most.

Item Build on Shen

The starter items for the best Shen Build on patch 14.23 are Doran's Shield Doran's Shield, Health Potion Health Potion, and a Stealth Ward Stealth Ward as the trinket. As the game progresses, the most popular Shen Shen items are Heartsteel Heartsteel and Jak'Sho, The Protean Jak'Sho, The Protean. Mercury's Treads are the most bought Shen Shen boots by Pros. This Shen Build will outstandingly increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.

Shen Abilities

At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability Twilight Assault Twilight Assault on Shen Shen. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Twilight Assault Twilight Assault into Shadow Dash Shadow Dash and at last Spirit's Refuge Spirit's Refuge. Twilight Assault Twilight Assault is a very strong ability of Shen Shen in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called Ki Barrier Ki Barrier and there is no need to set it manually on a Shen Build.

Select one of the abilities below in order to start a clip of the ability:
Ki Barrier
Twilight Assault
Q
Spirit's Refuge
W
Shadow Dash
E
Stand United
R
Ki Barrier

After casting a spell, Shen gets a shield. Affecting other champions reduces the cooldown of this effect.

Biography

Among the secretive, Ionian warriors known as the Kinkou, Shen serves as their leader, the Eye of Twilight. He longs to remain free from the confusion of emotion, prejudice, and ego, and walks the unseen path of dispassionate judgment between the spirit realm and the physical world. Tasked with enforcing the equilibrium between them, Shen wields blades of steel and arcane energy against any who would threaten it.

Read Shen's bio

Available Shen Skins

Besides the Shen build you can select a skin for Shen. The best Shen skins you can find below.

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