Shen with Sylas
How to Synergize Shen and Sylas
based on 2,044 Shen with Sylas pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Sylas Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Sylas
Tips for Playing as Shen with Sylas
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 Sylas Will Play
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Shen Sylas Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sylas as Shen in LoL
The Shen Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, 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 Sylas. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sylas helps Shen perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shen is an ally to Sylas, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Sylas does not support by providing 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 Sylas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Sylas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sylas.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Sylas on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Sylas does a decent job of covering Shen in teamfights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Sylas?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Shen that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Sylas is a good teammate for Shen. By being on the same side as Shen, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 50.7%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Shen and Sylas that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Sylas has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Sylas allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Together, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by pairing Shen and Sylas together, you will not be providing your other allies enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Sylas ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Shen to synergize with Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Shen and Sylas synergy build consist of Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Shen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Sylas than with most other typical builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing alongside Sylas with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Shen and Sylas pairings, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
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