Shen vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Shen
based on 4,529 Shen vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Shen vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Shen in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several strategic Shen versus Yasuo matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Yasuo. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Shen or Yasuo?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shen usually loses when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Shen makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Shen does have a lower winrate than Yasuo, when facing one another, Shen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Shen into Yasuo.
Moreover, Shen has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Shen is a somewhat poor counter to Yasuo. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shen against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shen to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Shen versus Yasuo build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Randuin's Omen, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Yasuo than with most other common item sets. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Yasuo 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 rune sets players used for Shen vs Yasuo face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.
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