Shen vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Shen
based on 752 Shen vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Shen vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Shen in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some influential Shen against Taliyah matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah..
Shen normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Taliyah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Shen or Taliyah?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually loses when facing off against Taliyah, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Shen makes a poor counter to Taliyah.
While Shen does have a lower win rate than Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Shen into Taliyah.
Furthermore, Shen has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Shen is a somewhat poor counter to Taliyah. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shen against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shen in order to counter Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Taliyah. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Shen versus Taliyah build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Taliyah than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 48.4% battling Taliyah with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Taliyah as Shen, you 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 sets players picked for Shen vs Taliyah face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
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