Zac with Shen
How to Synergize Zac and Shen
based on 975 Zac with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zac Shen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zac and Shen
Tips for Playing as Zac with Shen
Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.
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.
Zac Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Zac in LoL
The Zac 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, Zac sees a large worsening in his 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 Zac perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zac is an ally to Shen, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Shen supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zac is played together with Shen 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 with Shen.
Additionally, when Zac plays with Shen on the same side, he typically receives 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 Zac in team fights.
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Is Zac better when played alongside Shen?
There is no perfect synergy for Zac that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, overall, Shen is a terrible companion for Zac. By being on the same team as Zac, he lowers their win rate by -3.7% to 48.1%. This proves that there is a very bad bond between Zac and Shen that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Zac. That means Zac players don't need to be very careful when finding Shen comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Zac players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by bringing Zac and Shen together, you probably will not be providing your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zac in order to pair well with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Zac and Shen synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Zac used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Shen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 48.1% when playing alongside Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Zac players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Shen with Zac are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.