Lissandra vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Lissandra
based on 873 Lissandra vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Shen
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Lissandra against Shen counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the two. Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Shen..
Lissandra often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Shen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Shen
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Shen?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when playing against Shen, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Lissandra makes an ok counter for Shen.
While Lissandra does have a higher winrate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Shen.
Additionally, Lissandra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Shen matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Lissandra is a decent counter to Shen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra in order to counter Shen during both the lane 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 displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Lissandra versus Shen build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Shen than with most other common builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Shen with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Shen as Lissandra, Lissandra players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Lissandra vs Shen clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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