Fiddlesticks vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Fiddlesticks
based on 1,088 Fiddlesticks vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fiddlesticks vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Fiddlesticks vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Fiddlesticks
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.
Fiddlesticks vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Fiddlesticks in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Fiddlesticks against Shen matchup stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shen..
Fiddlesticks normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fiddlesticks and Shen
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Who is Better, Fiddlesticks or Shen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shen, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Fiddlesticks makes an ok counter for Shen.
While Fiddlesticks does have a higher winrate compared to Shen, when on opposite teams, Fiddlesticks also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Fiddlesticks into Shenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Fiddlesticks has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Fiddlesticks vs Shen matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Fiddlesticks is a decent counter for Shen. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Fiddlesticks against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Fiddlesticks to counter Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiddlesticks typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Shen. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Fiddlesticks versus Shen build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Shen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average winrate of 50.6% battling Shen with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Shen as Fiddlesticks, Fiddlesticks players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Triple Tonic runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Fiddlesticks vs Shen matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
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