Shen vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Shen
based on 920 Shen vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Kassadin
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 Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Shen vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Shen in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Shen against Kassadin counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kassadin. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Shen usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Shen or Kassadin?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually wins when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Shen makes a good counter to Kassadin.
While Shen does have a higher win rate than Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Shen into Kassadin.
Additionally, Shen also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Kassadin matchups, Shen is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Shen is a decent counter for Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Shen against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shen to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Kassadin. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Shen versus Kassadin build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Kassadin than with many other common builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 51.5% when countering Kassadin with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Kassadin as Shen, Shen players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Shen vs Kassadin face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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