Xerath vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Xerath
based on 2,592 Xerath vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Shen Counter Build
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Core Xerath Items
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Guide to Countering Shen as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Shen
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some significant Xerath against Shen matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shen..
Xerath often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Shen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Shen
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Who is Better, Xerath or Shen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Shen, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a good counter for Shen.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Shen, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Shenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Shen matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Shen. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath in order to counter Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xerath versus Shen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Shen than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Shen with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Shen as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Xerath vs Shen face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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