Kha'Zix with Shen
How to Synergize Kha'Zix and Shen
based on 1,812 Kha'Zix with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kha'Zix Shen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kha'Zix and Shen
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix with Shen
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Kha'Zix in LoL
The Kha'Zix 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, Kha'Zix sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shen helps Kha'Zix perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kha'Zix is an ally to Shen, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Shen provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kha'Zix is played alongside Shen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shen.
Moreover, when Kha'Zix plays with Shen on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Shen does a decent job of covering Kha'Zix in teamfights.
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Is Kha'Zix better when played alongside Shen?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kha'Zix that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, Shen is a not very good teammate for Kha'Zix. By being on the same team as Kha'Zix, he decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 47.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Kha'Zix and Shen that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Shen has a lower difficulty than Kha'Zix. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Shen allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, Kha'Zix players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Kha'Zix and Shen together, you may not be granting your team very much magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Shen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix in order to synergize with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Kha'Zix and Shen synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Kha'Zix included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Shen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average winrate of 47.4% helping carry Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Kha'Zix players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kha'Zix and Shen pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
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