Shen vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Shen
based on 2,032 Shen vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Shen vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Shen versus Kayle matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayle. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kayle. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Kayle
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Who is Better, Shen or Kayle?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually loses when playing against Kayle, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Shen makes a bad counter to Kayle.
While Shen does have a lower win rate than Kayle, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Shen into Kayle.
Additionally, Shen has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Shen is a bad counter to Kayle. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Shen against Kayle.
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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 Kayle during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen usually gets less CS compared to Kayle. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Shen versus Kayle build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Shen used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Kayle as Shen, Shen players should take 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 runes players picked for Shen vs Kayle matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.0% winrate overall.
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