Shen vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Shen
based on 1,043 Shen vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against LeBlanc
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 LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Shen vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Shen in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several influential Shen vs. LeBlanc matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than LeBlanc’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than LeBlanc. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than LeBlanc. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Shen or LeBlanc?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually wins when trying to fight LeBlanc, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Shen makes a great counter for LeBlanc.
While Shen does have a higher win rate than LeBlanc, when they face off with one another, Shen also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Shen into LeBlanc.
Furthermore, Shen has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs LeBlanc 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 teammates during team fights.
Shen is a great counter to LeBlanc. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shen against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shen in order to counter LeBlanc during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to LeBlanc. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Shen versus LeBlanc build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Shen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus LeBlanc than with many other common builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 53.2% when countering LeBlanc with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing LeBlanc 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. Of all the rune builds players used for Shen vs LeBlanc battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.2% winrate overall.
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