Shen vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Shen
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Shen vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Shen vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Shen vs. Nidalee counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Shen typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Shen or Nidalee?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shen usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 58.4% win rate. Therefore, Shen makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Shen does have a much higher winrate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Shen also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Shen into Nidalee.
Furthermore, Shen has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Nidalee matchups, Shen is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Shen is a great counter to Nidalee. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shen against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shen to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen typically racks up much more CS as Nidalee. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Shen versus Nidalee build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Nidalee than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 58.4% when playing against Nidalee with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Nidalee as Shen, Shen players 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. Of all the rune builds players picked for Shen vs Nidalee LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 58.4% win rate overall.
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