Lee Sin vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Lee Sin
based on 1,916 Lee Sin vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Shen
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats provided here feature several valuable Lee Sin against Shen matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shen..
Lee Sin typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Shen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Shen
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Shen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually fairs equally well when playing against Shen, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes an ok counter for Shen.
While Lee Sin does have a higher winrate compared to Shen, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Shen.
Additionally, Lee Sin 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Shen matchups, Lee Sin is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lee Sin is a decent counter for Shen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to counter Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin often racks up a lot less CS compared to Shen. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Shen build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Shen than with many other common builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Shen with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Shen as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lee Sin vs Shen battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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