Shen vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Shen
based on 3,429 Shen vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Shen vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several important Shen vs. Nocturne matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nocturne..
Shen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Shen or Nocturne?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shen usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Shen makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Shen does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when facing one another, Shen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Shen into Nocturne.
Additionally, Shen also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Shen is a bad counter for Nocturne. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Shen against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shen to counter Nocturne during both the lane 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 tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen typically picks up much more CS as Nocturne. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Shen versus Nocturne build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Nocturne than with most other common builds. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 47.3% battling Nocturne with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Nocturne as Shen, you 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 combinations players picked for Shen vs Nocturne counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nocturne as Shen are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.