Naafiri with Shen
How to Synergize Naafiri and Shen
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Shen
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Naafiri Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Naafiri in LoL
The Naafiri 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, Naafiri 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 Naafiri perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Naafiri tries to synergize with Shen, they gets a little increase in their total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Shen provides protection for them to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played together with Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Shen.
Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Shen on the same side, they on average receives a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Shen does a decent job of covering Naafiri in team fights.
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Is Naafiri better when played alongside Shen?
There is no one best companion for Naafiri that will no matter what be their #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Shen is a good companion for Naafiri. By locking into the same side as Naafiri, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 51.2%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good bond between Naafiri and Shen that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Shen has a greater difficulty than Naafiri. That means Naafiri players should be very careful when finding Shen allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, Naafiri players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Naafiri and Shen together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of AP. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down 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 Naafiri to pair well with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to include in your Naafiri and Shen synergy build include Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri bought at least these three finished items in their build, they did a lot better when paired up with Shen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 51.2% helping carry Shen with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Naafiri and Shen pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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