Shen vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Shen
based on 1,069 Shen vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Shen vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Shen against Xayah matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shen and Xayah
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Who is Better, Shen or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shen usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xayah, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Shen makes an ok counter to Xayah.
While Shen does have a higher win rate than Xayah, when they face off with one another, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shen into Xayah.
Furthermore, Shen also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shen vs Xayah matchups, Shen is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Shen is a decent counter to Xayah. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shen against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Shen to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Shen versus Xayah build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Xayah than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Xayah with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Xayah 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. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Shen vs Xayah counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.
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