Naafiri vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Naafiri
based on 882 Naafiri vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Shen Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Naafiri Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Shen as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Shen
Across the sands of Shurima, a chorus of howls rings out. It is the call of the dune hounds, voracious predators who form packs and compete for the right to hunt in these barren lands. Among them, one pack stands above all, for they are driven not only by canine instincts, but by the ancient power of the Darkin.
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.
Naafiri vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Naafiri in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Naafiri vs. Shen counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Shen. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri typically has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Shen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Shen
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Naafiri or Shen?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when facing off against Shen, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Shen.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate than Shen, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Shen.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Shen matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Shen. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Shen.
Other Champion Matchups Against Naafiri
Additional Information for Naafiri Players
How We Calculated Our Naafiri vs Shen Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Shen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Shen build include Maw of Malmortius, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they performed much better against Shen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 50.6% when playing against Shen with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Shen as Naafiri, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Naafiri vs Shen counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
If you would like to get Naafiri versus Shen tips and counter builds for a a particular skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are computed using all rounds completed with both champions.