Shen vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Shen
based on 747 Shen vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Shen vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some important Shen versus Jayce counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Shen usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Jayce. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shen and Jayce
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Who is Better, Shen or Jayce?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shen usually wins when playing against Jayce, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Shen makes a great counter for Jayce.
While Shen does have a higher win rate than Jayce, when they face off with one another, Shen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Shen into Jayce.
Furthermore, Shen also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Jayce matchups, Shen is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Shen is a great counter for Jayce. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shen against Jayce.
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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 Jayce 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 mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Shen versus Jayce build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Jayce than with many other common item sets. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Jayce as Shen, Shen players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Shen vs Jayce fights, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.5% winrate overall.
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