Yasuo with Shen
How to Synergize Yasuo and Shen
based on 3,633 Yasuo with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yasuo Shen Synergy Summary
Best Yasuo vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Shen
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Shen
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo 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, Yasuo sees a large worsening 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 Yasuo perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yasuo is paired with Shen, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Shen helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played alongside Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shen.
Additionally, when Yasuo plays with Shen on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Shen does a decent job of protecting Yasuo during teamfights.
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Shen?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Yasuo that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Shen is a very typical ally for Yasuo. By locking into the same team as Yasuo, he drops their win rate by -0.8% to 49.8%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Yasuo and Shen that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means Yasuo players don't need to be cautious when arranging Shen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, Yasuo players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by aligning Yasuo and Shen together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Shen ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to work well with Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to focus on in your Yasuo and Shen synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Shen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 49.8% when playing alongside Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Shen with Yasuo are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.