Shen with Braum
How to Synergize Shen and Braum
based on 633 Shen with Braum pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Braum Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Braum
Tips for Playing as Shen with Braum
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 Braum Will Play
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
Shen Braum Synergy Stats
How to Play with Braum as Shen in LoL
The Shen Braum synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Braum, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Braum. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Braum helps Shen perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen is an ally to Braum, he gets a noticable increase in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Braum helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played together with Braum on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Braum.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Braum on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Braum does a poor job of covering Shen during team fights.
Synergies between Shen and Braum
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Is Shen better when played alongside Braum?
There is no top ally for Shen that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Braum is a very typical ally for Shen. By being on the same side as Shen, he raises their win rate by 0.7% to 50.4%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Shen and Braum that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Braum has a lower difficulty than Shen. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Braum teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Shen and Braum together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of sustained damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Braum ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 Shen in order to pair well with Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Shen and Braum synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Braum than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating 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. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Braum with Shen are given for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.