Shen vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Shen
based on 2,338 Shen vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Shen vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several valuable Shen versus Zed counter statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, showing that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Zed
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Who is Better, Shen or Zed?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shen usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 53.3% win rate. Therefore, Shen makes a great counter to Zed.
While Shen does have a higher winrate than Zed, when facing one another, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Shen into Zed.
Moreover, Shen has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Zed matchups, Shen is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Shen is a great counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Shen against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shen in order to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Shen versus Zed build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Shen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Zed than with most other common builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 53.3% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Zed 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 sets players picked for Shen vs Zed fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.3% winrate overall.
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