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How to Win Shen vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupShen is in the a tier of champions

Shen vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Shen in LoLShen is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Shen

based on 2,703 Shen vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.94
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our dataset, Shen fought Kai'Sa 2703 times. Including so many games with Shen versus Kai'Sa provides us faith in our ability to produce informative statistics and a pro build to destroy your enemy. This champ matchup is relatively uncommon. Shen is forced to battle against Kai'Sa in only 4.1% of his games.

Shen vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Shen has done a decent job of beating Kai'Sa. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.4% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Shen against Kai'Sa rounds, Shen’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Shen vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Shen Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisHeartsteelTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanForce of NatureUnending DespairHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shen to level upq
>
Second ability for Shen to level upe
>
Last skill for Shen to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Shen's passive ability p
Shen's q ability q
Shen's w ability w
Shen's e ability e
Shen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Shen

Tips for Playing as Shen against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Shen vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Shen Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Kai'Sa Image
4.3
< Kills >
7.2
5
< Deaths >
6.4
10.4
< Assists >
6.2
0.99
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
125
< Minions Killed >
177
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
8,006
< Physical Damage >
12,126
7,017
< Magic Damage >
7,970
1,109
< True Damage >
422
16,132
< Damage Dealt >
20,519
29,928
< Damage Taken >
19,848
10,096
< Gold Earned >
12,303
1.78
< Towers >
2.15
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,807
< Total Healing >
4,212
13,895
< Experience >
12,463
21
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
324
< Time Dealing CC >
46

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Shen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Shen against Kai'Sa counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kai'Sa. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Shen typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shen and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Shen
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shen
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Shen or Kai'Sa?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shen usually wins when facing off against Kai'Sa, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Shen makes a good counter for Kai'Sa.

While Shen does have a higher winrate compared to Kai'Sa, when they face off with one another, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Shen into Kai'Sa.

Moreover, Shen has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shen vs Kai'Sa matchups, Shen is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Shen is a decent counter to Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Shen against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shen

Shen Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44% winrateTaricTaric45.1% winrateSettSett45.6% winrate

Shen Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.4% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai58.2% winrateZeriZeri56.2% winrateLuluLulu55.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ShyvanaShyvana+ 53.2% 819 GamesBriarBriar+ 53.8% 2768 GamesNilahNilah+ 55.2% 1070 GamesSingedSinged+ 57% 449 Games

Additional Information for Shen Players

How We Calculated Our Shen vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Shen, we analyzed 2,703 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kai'Sa as Shen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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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 Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shen on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kai'Sa. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Shen versus Kai'Sa build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Kai'Sa than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Kai'Sa with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Kai'Sa as Shen, you 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 combinations players used for Shen vs Kai'Sa LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Shen are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.