Vi with Shen
How to Synergize Vi and Shen
based on 1,748 Vi with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vi Shen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Vi and Shen
Tips for Playing as Vi with Shen
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Vi in LoL
The Vi Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Vi sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shen helps Vi perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Vi plays on the same team as Shen, she gets a sizeable uptick in her full damage output. This may signal that Shen provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Vi is played with Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Shen.
Moreover, when Vi plays with Shen on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Shen does a decent job of covering Vi in team fights.
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Is Vi better when played alongside Shen?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Vi that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. Yet, Shen is a very typical companion for Vi. By locking into the same team as Vi, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 52.5%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Vi and Shen that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Shen has a lower difficulty than Vi. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Shen teammates to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by pairing Vi and Shen together, you will not be giving your side very much magic damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Shen ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vi to work well with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Vi and Shen synergy build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Vi incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Shen than with many other common builds. In fact, Vi boasted an average win rate of 52.5% helping carry Shen with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Vi and Shen pairings, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
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