Shen with Taric
How to Synergize Shen and Taric
based on 540 Shen with Taric pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Taric Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Taric
Tips for Playing as Shen with Taric
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 Taric Will Play
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Shen Taric Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taric as Shen in LoL
The Shen Taric synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taric, 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 Taric. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Taric helps Shen perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen is paired with Taric, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This may signal that Taric supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played with Taric on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Taric.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Taric on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Taric does a decent job of covering Shen in team fights.
Synergies between Shen and Taric
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Is Shen better when played alongside Taric?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Shen that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Taric is a good companion for Shen. By locking into the same team as Shen, he raises their win rate by 1.4% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Shen and Taric that results in them performing better together than alone.
Taric has a lower difficulty than Shen. That means Shen players don't need to be very careful when arranging Taric allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Shen and Taric together, you will not be providing your team much attack damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Taric ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 pair well with Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to include in your Shen and Taric synergy build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Taric than with many other common item sets. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 51.1% when playing alongside Taric with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing 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. Of all the rune sets players picked for Shen and Taric pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Taric with Shen are displayed for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.