Top · 118 games · KR

Shen

Top · 54% of games Support · 44%

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (45%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−854 gold).

Win rate: 46.6%; ±9.0 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #58 of 76
Pick rate: 1.8%; ban 0.1%
Games: 118; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Shen top wins 46.6% of 118 ranked games in KR, rank 58 of 76 top champions (tier C). Most players finish Titanic Hydra first, at about 12:54.

The build at a glance

What most Shen players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Titanic Hydra 13:27 · 68% · 72 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps 12:42 · 49% of games

Item 2

Dusk and Dawn 20:36 · 40% · 16 games

Item 3 · late game

Randuin's Omen 26:54 · 7 of 33 games

Runes

Grasp of the Undying · Resolve + Sorcery 13% of games · 40% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Shield + Health Potion 63% of games · 42% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 73% of games · 49% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Twilight Assault first 100% of games · 47% wins Skill orders →

When Shen wins

Best when games end at 25–30′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′43% wins49% of games · 58

Lasts 25′ or more52% wins49% of games · 58

Lanes

Watch out for Jax

Hard Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Shen games

First Baron: 83% against 30%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 30% 83% +53

First tower 37% 68% +31

Rift Herald 36% 64% +29

First blood 35% 59% +24

First dragon 37% 56% +19

First Voidgrubs 42% 52% +10

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Shen plays

More assists, fewer multikills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average top laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More assists a game7.7 against 4.9 · +56%

Fewer multikills a game0.22 against 0.38 · −42%

Fewer solo kills a game1.2 against 1.9 · −41%

Less damage to towers4970 against 7994 · −38%

More kill participation43% against 35% · +23%

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~13:12

Item 2done ~21:30

Item 3done ~26:24

Item 4done ~33:42

Most common full builds

Titanic Hydra › Plated Steelcaps › Dusk and Dawn › Randuin's Omen 33.3%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Thornmail 40%5

Randuin's Omen 33%6

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Shield + Health Potion41.9%74

Doran's Helm + Health Potion53.7%41

Doran's Shield + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1

Boots

Plated Steelcaps ~12:4251.7%58

Mercury's Treads ~15:1248.5%33

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~13:0633.3%3

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport48.8%86

Flash + Ignite38.5%26

Exhaust + Flash50.0%4

Skills

Max

W46.6%118

Start

W49.5%91

Start

W64.3%14

Hard lanes

Watch out for Jax

Easy lanes

No clearly easy lane yet

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 0 of them

Expected: what Shen's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (17)

Rumble 50% · 6

Ambessa 83% · 6

Jayce 33% · 6

Gangplank 40% · 5

Pantheon 20% · 5

Gragas 60% · 5

Kennen 50% · 4

Olaf 25% · 4

K'Sante 75% · 4

Gwen 0% · 4

Mordekaiser 75% · 4

Gnar 67% · 3

Fiora 33% · 3

Kled 67% · 3

Dr. Mundo 33% · 3

Yone 100% · 3

Camille 33% · 3

Shen vs Jax · 11 games · Early read

Shen does worse than expected here

36%winsexpected 48%

−293gold at 15′average −854

−8.3minions at 10′ahead or behind

0%in on first bloodsolo kills −0.18 a game

Gold lead against Jax Shen's average lead

Against Jax, Shen is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 36% of games, and still wins 25% of those. When ahead, Shen wins 43%.

Ahead at 15′43% wins7 games

Behind at 15′25% wins4 games

Full Shen vs Jax page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies that cost Shen games: Lee Sin, Jhin

Enemy jungle Trouble

Lee Sin31% · exp. 46% −1516 games

Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble

Jhin45% · exp. 49% −420 games

Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies less than most top laners, but more of it is ganks

Before 14 minutes Shen dies 1.9 times a game (average 2.5). 43% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 40% for the average top laner. 46% are fair 1-v-1s.

1.9deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.5)

43%involve the enemy junglermore than average (40%)

54%outnumbered (2+ enemies)more than average (49%)

70%with no teammate nearless than average (83%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Shen dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

Ganks: 44% in your half of top lane. Collapses: 48% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 78% in your half of top lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average top laner

What kills Shen

Kind of death

Shen Average

Gank 43% (avg 40%)Collapse 11% (avg 9%)1-v-1 46% (avg 51%)

Who gets the kill

Shen Average

Bot laner 4% (avg 1%)Jungler 23% (avg 25%)Support 1% (avg 2%)Mid laner 11% (avg 8%)Top laner 61% (avg 62%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 6:00 and 8:00

Shen Peak Average top laner

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Ward the river before 6:00 and 8:00.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Shen; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Shen wins fights

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.7 kills per death in their half of top lane against 0.4 in your half of top lane. Overall 0.9 kills per death.

Your half of top lane 0.4 K/D 51 / 132

Their half of top lane 1.7 K/D 55 / 33

Their half of bot lane 2.2 K/D 20 / 9

The top-side river 0.9 K/D 13 / 15

Your jungle 0.7 K/D 8 / 12

Their jungle 1.1 K/D 9 / 8

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Shen wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 19% of their team's dragon takes (average top laner 16%). The team wins 61% when Shen is there and 68% when not.

Leaving laneWorth knowingFirst shows up in mid lane around 16:00 (average 16:00). Top laners who get there by 14:00 win 50% against 50%; for Shen it is 39% against 49%.

Shen

What most Shen players run

Best when games end at 25–30′

Watch out for Jax

First Baron: 83% against 30%

More assists, fewer multikills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Jax

No clearly easy lane yet

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 0 of them

Shen does worse than expected here

Enemies that cost Shen games: Lee Sin, Jhin

Teammates that change Shen's games

Dies less than most top laners, but more of it is ganks

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

What kills Shen

Ganks come at 6:00 and 8:00

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Where fights happen