Shen vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Shen
based on 2,696 Shen vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Shen vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Shen versus Varus matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Shen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Varus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate 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 Varus
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Who is Better, Shen or Varus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Shen makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Shen does have a lower winrate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shen into Varus.
Additionally, Shen has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Shen is a somewhat poor counter to Varus. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shen against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Shen in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Varus. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Shen versus Varus build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Varus 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 combinations that we analyzed for Shen vs Varus counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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