Shen vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Shen
based on 1,695 Shen vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Janna
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Advice to Win Against Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Shen vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Shen vs. Janna counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna..
Shen often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Janna
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Who is Better, Shen or Janna?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Shen makes a poor counter to Janna.
While Shen does have a lower win rate than Janna, when facing one another, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shen into Janna.
Moreover, Shen has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Shen is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shen against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shen in order to counter Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen most often gets much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Shen versus Janna build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Janna than with many other common item sets. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Janna with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Janna as Shen, you should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Shen vs Janna matchups, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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