Soraka vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Soraka
based on 1,535 Soraka vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Shen
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Advice to Win Against Shen
Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.
Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.
Soraka vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some important Soraka against Shen counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shen. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Shen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Shen
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Who is Better, Soraka or Shen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when taking on Shen, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes an ok counter for Shen.
While Soraka does have a higher winrate than Shen, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Shen.
Moreover, Soraka has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Shen matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Soraka is a decent counter to Shen. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Shen 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often racks up a lot less CS compared to Shen. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Soraka versus Shen build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Shen than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average win rate of 50.7% when playing against Shen with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Shen as Soraka, Soraka players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Soraka vs Shen clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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