Kha'Zix vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Kha'Zix
based on 1,857 Kha'Zix vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Shen
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several influential Kha'Zix versus Shen counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shen. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kha'Zix usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Shen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Shen
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Shen?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually loses when trying to fight Shen, with a 47.3% win rate. As a result, Kha'Zix makes a poor counter for Shen.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower winrate than Shen, when they face off with one another, Kha'Zix also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kha'Zix into Shen.
Moreover, Kha'Zix has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kha'Zix is a garbage counter for Shen. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kha'Zix against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kha'Zix 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Shen. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kha'Zix versus Shen build include Edge of Night, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Shen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when playing against Shen with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Shen as Kha'Zix, Kha'Zix players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Kha'Zix vs Shen clashes, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.
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