Shen vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Shen
based on 718 Shen vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Shen vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some strategic Shen against Zilean counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean..
Shen normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Zilean
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Who is Better, Shen or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shen usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Shen makes a poor counter for Zilean.
While Shen does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when facing one another, Shen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Shen into Zilean.
Furthermore, Shen also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Shen is a bad counter to Zilean. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shen against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shen to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen most often picks up more CS relative to Zilean. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Shen versus Zilean build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Zilean than with most other common builds. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 47.6% battling Zilean with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Zilean 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 we have analyed for Shen vs Zilean matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zilean as Shen are given for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.