Shen with Blitzcrank
How to Synergize Shen and Blitzcrank
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Shen Blitzcrank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Shen with Blitzcrank
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.
Advice to Understand How Blitzcrank Will Play
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Shen Blitzcrank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Blitzcrank as Shen in LoL
The Shen Blitzcrank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Blitzcrank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Shen sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Blitzcrank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Blitzcrank helps Shen perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shen plays on the same team as Blitzcrank, he observes a little increase in his full damage output. This change could signal that Blitzcrank provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played with Blitzcrank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Blitzcrank.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Blitzcrank on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Blitzcrank does a decent job of protecting Shen in team fights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Blitzcrank?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Shen that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Blitzcrank is a good companion for Shen. By locking into the same team as Shen, he increases their win rate by 2.2% to 51.9%. This proves that there is a somewhat important bond between Shen and Blitzcrank that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Blitzcrank has a lower difficulty than Shen. That means Shen players don't need to be very careful when lining up Blitzcrank teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing alongside, Shen players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by bringing Shen and Blitzcrank together, you may not be giving your side a lot of attack damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Blitzcrank teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold 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 Shen in order to work well with Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Shen and Blitzcrank synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Blitzcrank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Shen players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Shen and Blitzcrank pairings, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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