Orianna vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Orianna
based on 926 Orianna vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Shen
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Orianna in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important Orianna vs. Shen matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between these two champs. Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Shen..
Orianna typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Shen. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Orianna and Shen
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Who is Better, Orianna or Shen?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually fairs equally well when taking on Shen, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes an ok counter to Shen.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Orianna into Shenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Orianna is a somewhat poor counter for Shen. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Orianna to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Orianna versus Shen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Shen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when countering Shen with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Shen as Orianna, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Orianna vs Shen clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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