Ezreal vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Ezreal
based on 3,854 Ezreal vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Shen
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
Advice to Win Against Shen
Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.
Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.
Ezreal vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Ezreal in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several strategic Ezreal against Shen matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shen..
Ezreal usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Shen. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ezreal and Shen
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Shen?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when playing against Shen, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes a bad counter for Shen.
While Ezreal does have a lower winrate than Shen, when they face off with one another, Ezreal also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Ezreal into Shenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ezreal has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ezreal is a garbage counter to Shen. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ezreal against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ezreal to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal often gets a similar amount of CS as Shen. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Ezreal versus Shen build consist of Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and Serylda's Grudge. When Ezreal included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Shen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average winrate of 46.0% battling Shen with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Shen as Ezreal, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Ezreal vs Shen fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.0% win rate overall.
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