Shen vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Shen
based on 1,461 Shen vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Yorick
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 Yorick
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
Shen vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Shen vs. Yorick matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yorick. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Shen often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yorick. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shen and Yorick
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Who is Better, Shen or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually fairs equally well when taking on Yorick, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Shen makes an ok counter for Yorick.
While Shen does have a higher winrate compared to Yorick, when facing one another, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Shen into Yorick.
Additionally, Shen also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This often 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 Yorick matchups, Shen is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Shen is a decent counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Shen against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shen to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen often gets a similar amount of CS as Yorick. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Shen versus Yorick build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Shen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Yorick than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Yorick 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 builds players picked for Shen vs Yorick clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
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