Shen vs Warwick
How to Beat Warwick as Shen
based on 2,729 Shen vs Warwick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Warwick Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Warwick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Warwick as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Warwick
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 Warwick
Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.
Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.
Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.
Shen vs Warwick Counter Stats
How to Counter Warwick with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Shen versus Warwick counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Warwick’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Warwick. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Warwick. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Warwick
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Who is Better, Shen or Warwick?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shen usually wins when playing against Warwick, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Shen makes a good counter to Warwick.
While Shen does have a higher winrate compared to Warwick, when facing one another, Shen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shen into Warwick.
Additionally, Shen also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Warwick. This 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 Warwick matchups, Shen is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Shen is a decent counter for Warwick. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Shen against Warwick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shen to counter Warwick during both the early game 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 stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen on average gets more CS as Warwick. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Shen versus Warwick build include Thornmail, Titanic Hydra, and Hollow Radiance. When Shen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Warwick than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when playing against Warwick with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Warwick as Shen, you should equip 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 picked for Shen vs Warwick counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
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