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How to Win Shen vs Swain Counter MatchupShen is in the a tier of champions

Shen vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Shen in LoLShen is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Swain as Shen

based on 2,488 Shen vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.79
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL games each week. Within our dataset, Shen engaged Swain in 2488 matches. Including so many games with Shen versus Swain provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide informative data and a pro build to wreck your opposition. This pairing is somewhat rare. Shen encounters Swain in only 3.8% of his matches.

Shen vs Swain Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shen does a terrible job of beating Swain. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.9% of the time the champs face one another in. In Shen vs Swain matches, Shen’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Swain.

Best Shen vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core Shen Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisHeartsteel

Optional Items

Iceborn GauntletTitanic HydraJak'Sho, The ProteanForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shen to level upq
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Second ability for Shen to level upe
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Last skill for Shen to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Shen's passive ability p
Shen's q ability q
Shen's w ability w
Shen's e ability e
Shen's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Swain as Shen

Tips for Playing as Shen against Swain

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 Swain

Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.

Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.

High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.

Shen vs Swain Counter Stats

Shen Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
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4.3
< Kills >
5.3
5.3
< Deaths >
6.5
10.5
< Assists >
10.4
0.99
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
122
< Minions Killed >
100
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.46
8,579
< Physical Damage >
1,477
7,750
< Magic Damage >
20,463
1,187
< True Damage >
861
17,516
< Damage Dealt >
22,801
30,843
< Damage Taken >
31,783
10,004
< Gold Earned >
10,350
1.62
< Towers >
1.96
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,926
< Total Healing >
9,835
13,697
< Experience >
12,170
21
< Vision Score >
33
10
< Wards Placed >
14
320
< Time Dealing CC >
366

How to Counter Swain with Shen in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Shen vs. Swain matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between the pair. Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..

Shen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shen and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Shen
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shen
Swain

Who is Better, Shen or Swain?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Shen makes a poor counter to Swain.

While Shen does have a much lower winrate than Swain, when facing one another, Shen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Shen into Swain.

Additionally, Shen also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Shen is a bad counter for Swain. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shen against Swain.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shen

Shen Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44% winrateTaricTaric45.1% winrateSettSett45.6% winrate

Shen Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.4% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai58.2% winrateZeriZeri56.2% winrateLuluLulu55.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ShyvanaShyvana+ 53.2% 819 GamesBriarBriar+ 53.8% 2768 GamesNilahNilah+ 55.2% 1070 GamesSingedSinged+ 57% 449 Games

Additional Information for Shen Players

How We Calculated Our Shen vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Shen, we analyzed 2,488 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Swain as Shen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Shen to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shen typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Swain. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Shen versus Swain build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Shen bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Swain than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 45.9% battling Swain with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Swain 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 we have analyed for Shen vs Swain clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.9% winrate overall.

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