Shen with Jarvan IV
How to Synergize Shen and Jarvan IV
based on 776 Shen with Jarvan IV pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Jarvan IV Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Shen with Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV Will Play
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Shen Jarvan IV Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jarvan IV as Shen in LoL
The Shen Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, 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 Jarvan IV. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Jarvan IV helps Shen perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shen tries to synergize with Jarvan IV, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Jarvan IV helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played together with Jarvan IV on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Jarvan IV. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Jarvan IV.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Jarvan IV on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Jarvan IV does a decent job of covering Shen in teamfights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Jarvan IV?
There is no top synergy for Shen that will always be his best synergy. However, overall, Jarvan IV is a very typical ally for Shen. By locking into the same side as Shen, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 50.3%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Shen and Jarvan IV that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Jarvan IV has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means you should be cautious when finding Jarvan IV comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by bringing Shen and Jarvan IV together, you may not be granting your team very much magical damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Jarvan IV teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing 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 Shen to pair well with Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Shen and Jarvan IV synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Jarvan IV than with most other common builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 50.3% helping carry Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use 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 we have analyed for Shen and Jarvan IV pairings, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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