Shen vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Shen
based on 3,005 Shen vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Samira Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Samira as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Samira
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.
Shen vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Shen in LoL
The stats shown here feature some significant Shen versus Samira counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Samira. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Samira. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shen and Samira
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Who is Better, Shen or Samira?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shen usually fairs equally well when playing against Samira, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Shen makes an ok counter to Samira.
While Shen does have a higher win rate than Samira, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shen into Samira.
Moreover, Shen has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Samira matchups, Shen is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Shen is a decent counter for Samira. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shen against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shen in order to counter Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Samira. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Shen versus Samira build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Shen used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Samira than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when countering Samira with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Samira 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. Of all the runes players used for Shen vs Samira counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.
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