Xerath with Shen
How to Synergize Xerath and Shen
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Xerath Shen Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Shen
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Shen
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath 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 negative change shows that Shen helps Xerath perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is paired with Shen, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Shen provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shen.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Shen on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Shen does a decent job of covering Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Shen
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Shen?
There is no perfect synergy for Xerath that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, overall, Shen is a very typical ally for Xerath. By locking into the same team as Xerath, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 50.6%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Shen that allows them to perform at the same level together than without each other.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Shen teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, Xerath players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Xerath and Shen together, you will not be providing your other allies much attack damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Shen ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath in order to work well with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Xerath and Shen synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Shen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 50.6% helping carry Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Xerath players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Xerath and Shen pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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