Heimerdinger vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Heimerdinger
based on 956 Heimerdinger vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Shen
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats provided here feature several valuable Heimerdinger versus Shen counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shen..
Heimerdinger often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Shen. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Shen
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Shen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Shen, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a good counter to Shen.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Shenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Shen matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a good counter to Shen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Shen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly 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 values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Shen build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Shen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 53.0% battling Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Shen as Heimerdinger, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Heimerdinger vs Shen counters, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.
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