Shen with Galio
How to Synergize Shen and Galio
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Shen Galio Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Galio
Tips for Playing as Shen with Galio
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 Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Shen Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Shen in LoL
The Shen Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Galio helps Shen perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shen tries to synergize with Galio, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This could indicate that Galio helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played alongside Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Galio.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Galio on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Galio does a poor job of protecting Shen during teamfights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Galio?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Shen that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, Galio is a below average companion for Shen. By playing on the same team as Shen, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 48.0%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful synergy between Shen and Galio that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Galio has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means you need to be careful when finding Galio teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by grouping Shen and Galio together, you will not be granting your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Galio ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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
To learn all of the intricacies of Shen in order to synergize with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Shen and Galio synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Galio than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 48.0% helping carry Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Shen players should equip 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 that we analyzed for Shen and Galio pairings, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
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