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Shen vs Taric

How to Beat Taric as Shen in LoLShen is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taric as Shen

based on 649 Shen vs Taric matchups
Win Rate
45.1 %
K/D/A
2.94
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our data, Shen engaged Taric 649 times. Including so many games with Shen versus Taric provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare actionable data and a solid build to defeat Taric. This matchup is relatively rare. Shen fights Taric in only 1.0% of his games.

Shen vs Taric Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shen has done a awful job of beating Taric. On average, he wins a lowly 45.1% of games the champs battle one another in. In Shen vs Taric games, Shen’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Taric.

Best Shen vs Taric Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Shen Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailHeartsteel

Optional Items

Titanic HydraHollow RadianceKaenic RookernUnending Despair

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shen to level upq
>
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 ForceArmor
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
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Taric as Shen

Tips for Playing as Shen against Taric

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 Taric

Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.

Shen vs Taric Counter Stats

Shen Image
Win Rate
45.1 %
VS
Win Rate
54.9 %
Taric Image
4.1
< Kills >
1.8
5
< Deaths >
5.9
10.6
< Assists >
14.2
0.94
< Killing Sprees >
0.34
124
< Minions Killed >
36
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.55
7,787
< Physical Damage >
2,102
7,141
< Magic Damage >
4,639
1,110
< True Damage >
700
16,039
< Damage Dealt >
7,442
29,185
< Damage Taken >
23,401
9,831
< Gold Earned >
8,499
1.72
< Towers >
2.27
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,620
< Total Healing >
11,791
13,505
< Experience >
10,472
20
< Vision Score >
48
10
< Wards Placed >
20
322
< Time Dealing CC >
391

How to Counter Taric with Shen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several strategic Shen against Taric matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taric..

Shen often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Taric. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shen and Taric

Damage Types Compared

Shen
Taric
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shen
Taric

Who is Better, Shen or Taric?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually loses when playing against Taric, with a 45.1% win rate. As a result, Shen makes a poor counter for Taric.

While Shen does have a much lower win rate than Taric, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Shen into Taric.

Moreover, Shen also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Shen vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Shen is a bad counter for Taric. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Shen against Taric.

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 Taric Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taric as Shen, we analyzed 649 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 Taric 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Shen to counter Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shen on average racks up much more CS compared to Taric. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Shen versus Taric build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Shen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Taric than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 45.1% when countering Taric with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Taric 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. Of all the rune sets players used for Shen vs Taric matchups, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Taric as Shen are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.