Shen vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Shen
based on 6,383 Shen vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Lux Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Lux as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Shen vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several strategic Shen versus Lux matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lux..
Shen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Lux. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Lux
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Who is Better, Shen or Lux?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually fairs equally well when taking on Lux, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Shen makes an ok counter for Lux.
While Shen does have a lower win rate compared to Lux, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Shen into Lux.
Additionally, Shen has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Shen is a somewhat poor counter for Lux. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Shen against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shen to counter Lux during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep 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 by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Lux. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Shen versus Lux build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Shen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Lux than with most other typical builds. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 49.7% battling Lux with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Lux 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 rune sets that we analyzed for Shen vs Lux battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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