K'Sante with Shen
How to Synergize K'Sante and Shen
based on 225 K'Sante with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
K'Sante Shen Synergy Summary
Best K'Sante vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing K'Sante and Shen
Tips for Playing as K'Sante with Shen
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
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.
K'Sante Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as K'Sante in LoL
The K'Sante Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, K'Sante sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shen helps K'Sante perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When K'Sante is paired with Shen, they sees a noticable increase in their full damage output. This difference may indicate that Shen provides protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when K'Sante is played alongside Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Shen.
Additionally, when K'Sante plays with Shen on the same side, they typically receives a little more damage than when they plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Shen does a poor job of protecting K'Sante during team fights.
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Is K'Sante better when played alongside Shen?
There is no ideal companion for K'Sante that will no matter what be their #1 teammate. Yet, Shen is a decent teammate for K'Sante. By playing on the same team as K'Sante, he increases their win rate by 1.7% to 48.9%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between K'Sante and Shen that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than K'Sante. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Shen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by bringing K'Sante and Shen together, you will not be granting your side enough AP. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Shen ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante in order to pair well with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your K'Sante and Shen synergy build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting alongside Shen than with most other common builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing alongside Shen with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.
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