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How to Win Garen vs Shen Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Shen

How to Beat Shen as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Shen as Garen

based on 2,473 Garen vs Shen matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Shen as Garen came out of an examination of 2473 ranked matches where both champs engaged one another. This pairing is somewhat rare. Garen is forced to battle against Shen in only 1.8% of his rounds.

Garen vs Shen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a below average job of beating Shen. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.6% of matches the champs face each other in. In Garen against Shen matches, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood versus Shen.

Best Garen vs Shen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerDead Man's PlateBlack CleaverForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
>
Second ability for Garen to level upq
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
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Q
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W
15
W
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R

Guide to Countering Shen as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Shen

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

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.

Garen vs Shen Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Shen Image
5.7
< Kills >
4
5
< Deaths >
4.8
4
< Assists >
10.1
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
0.93
179
< Minions Killed >
129
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.66
< Inhibitors >
0.44
14,695
< Physical Damage >
8,352
194
< Magic Damage >
7,104
4,594
< True Damage >
1,174
19,484
< Damage Dealt >
16,630
31,721
< Damage Taken >
29,119
12,176
< Gold Earned >
10,107
2.96
< Towers >
1.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,403
< Total Healing >
3,759
14,890
< Experience >
13,891
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
139
< Time Dealing CC >
335

How to Counter Shen with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Garen versus Shen counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shen..

Garen usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Shen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Shen

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Shen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Shen

Who is Better, Garen or Shen?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Shen, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a poor counter to Shen.

While Garen does have a lower win rate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Shen.

Moreover, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Shen. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Shen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Shen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shen as Garen, we analyzed 2,473 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Shen as Garen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Garen Build Shen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Garen in order to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Garen versus Shen build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Shen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Shen with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Shen as Garen, Garen players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Garen vs Shen LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Shen as Garen are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.