Zilean vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Zilean
based on 718 Zilean vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Shen Counter Build
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Core Zilean Items
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Guide to Countering Shen as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Shen
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several valuable Zilean versus Shen counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shen..
Zilean often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Shen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Shen
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Who is Better, Zilean or Shen?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when trying to fight Shen, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes a good counter for Shen.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate than Shen, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zilean into Shen.
Additionally, Zilean has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Shen matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Zilean is a good counter for Shen. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean to counter Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often gets less CS compared to Shen. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Shen build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Shen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Shen with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Shen as Zilean, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zilean vs Shen fights, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.
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