Taric with Shen
How to Synergize Taric and Shen
based on 540 Taric with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Taric Shen Synergy Summary
Best Taric vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Taric and Shen
Tips for Playing as Taric with Shen
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.
Advice to Understand How Shen Will Play
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.
Taric Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Taric in LoL
The Taric Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Taric sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shen helps Taric perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Taric plays on the same team as Shen, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Shen supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Taric is played alongside Shen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Shen.
Additionally, when Taric plays with Shen on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Shen does a poor job of covering Taric during teamfights.
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Is Taric better when played alongside Shen?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Taric that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, Shen is a relatively poor ally for Taric. By locking into the same team as Taric, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Taric and Shen that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Shen has a greater difficulty than Taric. That means you should be very careful when arranging Shen comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these two will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by bringing Taric and Shen together, you will not be providing your team very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Taric to work well with Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Taric and Shen synergy build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Shen than with most other common builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 51.1% helping carry Shen with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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