Shen with Rammus
How to Synergize Shen and Rammus
based on 930 Shen with Rammus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Rammus Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Rammus
Tips for Playing as Shen with Rammus
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 Rammus Will Play
Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.
Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.
Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.
Shen Rammus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rammus as Shen in LoL
The Shen Rammus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rammus, 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 Rammus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Rammus helps Shen perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen tries to synergize with Rammus, he sees a clear improvement in his full damage dealt. This could indicate that Rammus provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played together with Rammus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Rammus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rammus.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Rammus on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Rammus does a poor job of protecting Shen in team fights.
Synergies between Shen and Rammus
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Is Shen better when played alongside Rammus?
There is no ideal ally for Shen that will no matter what be his top ally. However, overall, Rammus is a very typical companion for Shen. By playing on the same side as Shen, he lowers their win rate by -1.0% to 48.7%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Shen and Rammus that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Rammus has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means you must be careful when arranging Rammus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by bringing Shen and Rammus together, you will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of AD. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Rammus ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Shen to work well with Rammus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Shen and Rammus synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Shen bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Rammus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 48.7% helping carry Rammus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Shen players 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 rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.
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