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Kassadin with Shen

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Tank

How to Synergize Kassadin and Shen

based on 872 Kassadin with Shen pairs
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kassadin has fought alongside Shen in 872 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much great data from the makers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Kassadin synergize with Shen. It is relatively rare for Kassadin to play alongside Shen as allies. This pairing has only taken place in about 1.7% of rounds with Kassadin.

Kassadin Shen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kassadin has done a dismal job of playing alongside Shen. Usually, he wins a dismal 47.7% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Kassadin when fighting on the same team as Shen by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kassadin vs Shen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalTear of the Goddess

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceStormsurgeRod of Ages

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kassadin to level upe
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Second ability for Kassadin to level upw
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Last skill for Kassadin to max outq

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Kassadin's passive ability p
Kassadin's q ability q
Kassadin's w ability w
Kassadin's e ability e
Kassadin's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Shen

Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Shen

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

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.

Kassadin Shen Synergy Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Shen Image
8.1
< Kills >
7.7
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
6
< Assists >
5.7
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
172
< Minions Killed >
170
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,772
< Physical Damage >
1,726
20,954
< Magic Damage >
20,251
575
< True Damage >
582
23,303
< Damage Dealt >
22,560
28,927
< Damage Taken >
29,444
12,128
< Gold Earned >
12,061
1.72
< Towers >
1.69
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,008
< Total Healing >
5,994
15,288
< Experience >
15,396
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
189
< Time Dealing CC >
187

How to Play with Shen as Kassadin in LoL

The Kassadin Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Kassadin sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shen helps Kassadin perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kassadin is an ally to Shen, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Shen provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played together with Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Shen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Shen.

Additionally, when Kassadin plays with Shen on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Shen does a decent job of protecting Kassadin in teamfights.

Synergies between Kassadin and Shen

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Shen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kassadin
Shen

Is Kassadin better when played alongside Shen?

There is no one best companion for Kassadin that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Shen is a below average ally for Kassadin. By locking into the same team as Kassadin, he drops their win rate by -2.3% to 47.7%. This proves that there is a bad synergy between Kassadin and Shen that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Kassadin. That means Kassadin players don't need to be careful when enlisting Shen teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing together, Kassadin players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Conversely, by pairing Kassadin and Shen together, you may not be giving your team much sustained damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Shen ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin Shen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kassadin and Shen, we analyzed 872 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kassadin with Shen comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to synergize with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Kassadin and Shen synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Shen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 47.7% helping carry Shen with this build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Shen with Kassadin are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.