Shen vs Draven
How to Beat Draven as Shen
based on 2,130 Shen vs Draven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Draven Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Draven Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Shen Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Draven as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Draven
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Advice to Win Against Draven
Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.
Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
Shen vs Draven Counter Stats
How to Counter Draven with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several influential Shen vs. Draven matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Draven. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Shen normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Draven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Draven
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Shen or Draven?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shen usually fairs equally well when playing against Draven, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Shen makes an ok counter for Draven.
While Shen does have a lower win rate than Draven, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Shen into Draven.
Additionally, Shen also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shen vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Shen is a somewhat poor counter for Draven. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shen against Draven.
Other Champion Matchups Against Shen
Additional Information for Shen Players
How We Calculated Our Shen vs Draven Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shen in order to counter Draven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Draven. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Shen versus Draven build consist of Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Shen used at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Draven than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Draven with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Draven as Shen, you should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Shen vs Draven counters, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Draven as Shen are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.