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Shen vs K'Sante

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How to Beat K'Sante as Shen

based on 1,105 Shen vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.96
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat K'Sante as Shen came out of an analysis of 1105 ranked rounds where both champs fought each other. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Shen is forced to battle against K'Sante in only 1.7% of his games.

Shen vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Shen has done a good job of beating K'Sante. On average, he wins a terrific 52.4% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Shen against K'Sante rounds, Shen’s side is 0.2% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Shen vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Shen Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Unending DespairKaenic RookernIceborn GauntletHeartsteel

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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 ForceArmor
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
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Shen

Tips for Playing as Shen against K'Sante

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 K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Shen vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Shen Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
K'Sante Image
4.3
< Kills >
4.4
5
< Deaths >
5.6
10.5
< Assists >
6.6
0.97
< Killing Sprees >
1.02
132
< Minions Killed >
170
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.4
8,647
< Physical Damage >
14,654
8,149
< Magic Damage >
3,645
1,227
< True Damage >
1,667
18,025
< Damage Dealt >
19,968
30,464
< Damage Taken >
32,391
10,139
< Gold Earned >
11,008
1.81
< Towers >
2.33
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,970
< Total Healing >
5,137
13,930
< Experience >
14,409
21
< Vision Score >
16
10
< Wards Placed >
8
354
< Time Dealing CC >
1,125

How to Counter K'Sante with Shen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Shen versus K'Sante matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between these two champs. Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante..

Shen often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shen and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Shen
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shen
K'Sante

Who is Better, Shen or K'Sante?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shen usually wins when playing against K'Sante, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Shen makes a good counter to K'Sante.

While Shen does have a higher winrate than K'Sante, when facing one another, Shen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Shen into K'Sante.

Additionally, Shen also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shen vs K'Sante 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 team members during late stage team fights.

Shen is a good counter to K'Sante. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shen against K'Sante.

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 K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Shen, we analyzed 1,105 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 K'Sante 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

To truly master Shen in order to counter K'Sante 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 suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shen most often gets a similar amount of CS as K'Sante. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Shen versus K'Sante build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against K'Sante than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when countering K'Sante with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing K'Sante 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 sets players used for Shen vs K'Sante battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.

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