Kayn vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Kayn
based on 3,096 Kayn vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Shen
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Kayn vs. Shen matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shen..
Kayn often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Shen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Shen
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Who is Better, Kayn or Shen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually loses when taking on Shen, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes a bad counter to Shen.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate compared to Shen, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Shenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn 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 team members during team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Shen. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayn to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Shen. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kayn versus Shen build include Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Kayn combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Shen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 48.4% battling Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Shen as Kayn, Kayn players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Kayn vs Shen fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
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