Evelynn vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Evelynn
based on 1,728 Evelynn vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Shen
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Evelynn in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Evelynn against Shen counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shen. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Evelynn normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Shen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Evelynn and Shen
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Shen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Evelynn usually fairs equally well when playing against Shen, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Evelynn makes an ok counter to Shen.
While Evelynn does have a lower winrate compared to Shen, when facing one another, Evelynn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Evelynn into Shenas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Evelynn also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Shen matchups, Shen 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.
Evelynn is a somewhat poor counter for Shen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Evelynn against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Evelynn in order to counter Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn most often gets a lot less CS as Shen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Evelynn versus Shen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Evelynn incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Shen than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Evelynn had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Shen with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Shen as Evelynn, Evelynn players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Evelynn vs Shen matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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