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How to Win Shen vs Pantheon Counter MatchupShen is in the a tier of champions

Shen vs Pantheon

How to Beat Pantheon as Shen in LoLShen is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Pantheon as Shen

based on 2,921 Shen vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.85
Pick Rate
4.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. Within our database, Shen faced Pantheon in 2921 rounds. Using so many games with Shen versus Pantheon provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening stats and a pro build to wreck Pantheon. This particular counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Shen fights Pantheon in only 4.4% of his games.

Shen vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Shen does a decent job of beating Pantheon. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.4% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Shen against Pantheon matches, Shen’s side is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Pantheon.

Best Shen vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Shen Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisHeartsteelTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernRanduin's OmenUnending DespairThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shen to level upq
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Second ability for Shen to level upe
>
Last skill for Shen to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Shen's passive ability p
Shen's q ability q
Shen's w ability w
Shen's e ability e
Shen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Shen

Tips for Playing as Shen against Pantheon

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 Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Shen vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Shen Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Pantheon Image
4.5
< Kills >
6.9
5.4
< Deaths >
7
10.9
< Assists >
7.3
1.03
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
121
< Minions Killed >
102
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.39
8,021
< Physical Damage >
19,143
7,059
< Magic Damage >
761
1,118
< True Damage >
1,170
16,199
< Damage Dealt >
21,075
30,531
< Damage Taken >
26,373
10,201
< Gold Earned >
11,140
1.75
< Towers >
1.64
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
3,824
< Total Healing >
5,302
13,868
< Experience >
12,618
22
< Vision Score >
31
10
< Wards Placed >
14
319
< Time Dealing CC >
72

How to Counter Pantheon with Shen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Shen against Pantheon matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pantheon..

Shen often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Pantheon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shen and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Shen
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shen
Pantheon

Who is Better, Shen or Pantheon?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shen usually wins when trying to fight Pantheon, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Shen makes a good counter for Pantheon.

While Shen does have a higher win rate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Shen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Shen into Pantheon.

Moreover, Shen has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Pantheon matchups, Shen is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Shen is a decent counter to Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shen against Pantheon.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shen

Shen Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44% winrateTaricTaric45.1% winrateSettSett45.6% winrate

Shen Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.4% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai58.2% winrateZeriZeri56.2% winrateLuluLulu55.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ShyvanaShyvana+ 53.2% 819 GamesBriarBriar+ 53.8% 2768 GamesNilahNilah+ 55.2% 1070 GamesSingedSinged+ 57% 449 Games

Additional Information for Shen Players

How We Calculated Our Shen vs Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Shen, we analyzed 2,921 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Pantheon as Shen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Shen Build Pantheon Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Shen to counter Pantheon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shen typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Pantheon. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Shen versus Pantheon build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Pantheon than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when countering Pantheon with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Pantheon as Shen, Shen players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Shen vs Pantheon counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Shen are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.