Pyke vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Pyke
based on 2,255 Pyke vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Shen
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several influential Pyke versus Shen matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shen..
Pyke normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Shen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Shen
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Who is Better, Pyke or Shen?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when playing against Shen, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a bad counter for Shen.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Shenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke 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 late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Shen. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average gets a lot less CS compared to Shen. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Pyke versus Shen build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Umbral Glaive, and Bloodsong. When Pyke combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Shen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Shen with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Shen as Pyke, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Pyke vs Shen clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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