Lucian with Shen
How to Synergize Lucian and Shen
based on 3,961 Lucian with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lucian Shen Synergy Summary
Best Lucian vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Shen
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Shen
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian 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, Lucian sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Shen helps Lucian perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lucian tries to synergize with Shen, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Shen provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Lucian 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 alongside Shen.
Additionally, when Lucian plays with Shen on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Shen does a decent job of protecting Lucian during team fights.
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Shen?
There is no one best champion pairing for Lucian that will always be his best teammate. However, Shen is a very typical ally for Lucian. By locking into the same team as Lucian, he lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 48.3%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Lucian and Shen that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Shen has a lower difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players don't need to be careful when finding Shen allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, Lucian players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by pairing Lucian and Shen together, you may not be providing your other allies much AP. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Shen ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to work well with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Lucian and Shen synergy build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Navori Quickblades, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Lucian bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Shen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 48.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shen with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Lucian players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
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