Quinn vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Quinn
based on 769 Quinn vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Quinn vs Shen Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Shen as Quinn
Tips for Playing as Quinn against Shen
Attacking a
Vulnerable
target marked by Valor will put Harrier on cooldown. Quickly consuming Harrier marks will allow you to generate them faster.
Use Behind Enemy Lines for traveling very long distances quickly, for farming minions around the map, or for chasing wounded targets.
Vault is powerful but must be used with caution, as enemies can attack Quinn when she strikes them. Vault can sometimes be used to cross terrain if your back is to a wall.
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.
Quinn vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Quinn in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several significant Quinn versus Shen matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Quinn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Quinn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Shen. This observation is largely a result of the differences in deaths.
Quinn often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Shen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Quinn or Shen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Quinn usually loses when trying to fight Shen, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Quinn makes a poor counter to Shen.
While Quinn does have a lower win rate compared to Shen, when on opposite teams, Quinn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Quinn into Shen.
Furthermore, Quinn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Quinn vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Quinn is a terribly counter to Shen. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Quinn against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Quinn in order to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Quinn on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Quinn versus Shen build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Quinn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Shen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Quinn boasted an average winrate of 47.7% battling Shen with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Shen as Quinn, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Quinn vs Shen clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
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