Draven vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Draven
based on 2,130 Draven vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Shen
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Win Against Shen
Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.
Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.
Draven vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some important Draven vs. Shen matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shen. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in killsdeaths.
Draven normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Shen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Shen
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Who is Better, Draven or Shen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shen, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes an ok counter to Shen.
While Draven does have a higher winrate than Shen, when facing one another, Draven also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Shenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Shen matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Draven is a decent counter for Shen. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Draven against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Draven in order to counter Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Draven versus Shen build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Draven used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Shen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when playing against Shen with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Shen as Draven, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Draven vs Shen counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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