Kalista with Shen
How to Synergize Kalista and Shen
based on 598 Kalista with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Shen Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Shen
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Shen
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Advice to Understand How Shen Will Play
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.
Kalista Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kalista sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shen helps Kalista perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kalista plays on the same team as Shen, she sees a marginal improvement in her total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Shen provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played alongside Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Shen.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Shen on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Shen does a decent job of protecting Kalista during teamfights.
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Shen?
There is no one best champion pairing for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her best synergy. Yet, overall, Shen is a good ally for Kalista. By playing on the same side as Kalista, he improves their win rate by 1.3% to 48.7%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Kalista and Shen that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be careful when enlisting Shen teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Kalista and Shen together, you may not be giving your side enough magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Shen ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to pair well with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Kalista and Shen synergy build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista used at least these three great items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Shen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when playing alongside Shen with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Kalista players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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