Shen with Zoe
How to Synergize Shen and Zoe
based on 764 Shen with Zoe pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Zoe Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Zoe
Tips for Playing as Shen with Zoe
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 Zoe Will Play
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
Shen Zoe Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zoe as Shen in LoL
The Shen Zoe synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zoe, 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 Zoe. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zoe helps Shen perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen plays on the same team as Zoe, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Zoe doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played alongside Zoe on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zoe.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Zoe on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Zoe does a poor job of covering Shen during teamfights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Zoe?
There is no ideal companion for Shen that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Zoe is a below average teammate for Shen. By playing on the same team as Shen, she drops their win rate by -2.8% to 46.9%. This signals that there is a harmful synergy between Shen and Zoe that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Zoe has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means Shen players must be cautious when lining up Zoe comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing together, Shen players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Shen and Zoe together, you may not be granting your team a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Zoe teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 pair well with Zoe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Shen and Zoe synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Zoe than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 46.9% when playing alongside Zoe with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take 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 players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.9% winrate overall.
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