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How to Win Twisted Fate vs Shen Counter MatchupTwisted Fate is in the a tier of champions

Twisted Fate vs Shen

How to Beat Shen as Twisted Fate in LoLTwisted Fate is in the a tier of champions
Mage
Tank

How to Beat Shen as Twisted Fate

based on 2,574 Twisted Fate vs Shen matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our database, Twisted Fate fought Shen 2574 times. Having so many games with Twisted Fate vs Shen provides us a lot of faith in our capability to produce actionable data and a pro build to suppress your rival. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Twisted Fate is forced to battle against Shen in only 1.8% of his rounds.

Twisted Fate vs Shen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Twisted Fate has done a below average job of countering Shen. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.4% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Twisted Fate against Shen rounds, Twisted Fate’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood against Shen.

Best Twisted Fate vs Shen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandSapphire Crystal

Core Twisted Fate Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassGuinsoo's RagebladeLich BaneRod of Ages

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Twisted Fate to level upq
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Second ability for Twisted Fate to level upw
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Last skill for Twisted Fate to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Twisted Fate's passive ability p
Twisted Fate's q ability q
Twisted Fate's w ability w
Twisted Fate's e ability e
Twisted Fate's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Shen as Twisted Fate

Tips for Playing as Twisted Fate against Shen

Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.

Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.

Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.

Advice to Win Against Shen

Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.

Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.

Twisted Fate vs Shen Counter Stats

Twisted Fate Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Shen Image
5.4
< Kills >
4.3
6.6
< Deaths >
4.9
7.6
< Assists >
10.5
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1
169
< Minions Killed >
127
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.46
2,847
< Physical Damage >
7,998
17,758
< Magic Damage >
6,886
725
< True Damage >
1,075
21,330
< Damage Dealt >
15,959
21,960
< Damage Taken >
29,585
12,402
< Gold Earned >
10,168
2.26
< Towers >
1.82
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,913
< Total Healing >
3,863
14,234
< Experience >
13,876
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
10
178
< Time Dealing CC >
323

How to Counter Shen with Twisted Fate in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several valuable Twisted Fate versus Shen counter statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Twisted Fate’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Twisted Fate may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shen..

Twisted Fate usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Shen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Twisted Fate and Shen

Damage Types Compared

Twisted Fate
Shen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Twisted Fate
Shen

Who is Better, Twisted Fate or Shen?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Twisted Fate usually loses when playing against Shen, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Twisted Fate makes a poor counter for Shen.

While Twisted Fate does have a lower win rate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Twisted Fate also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Twisted Fate into Shenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Twisted Fate also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Twisted Fate vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Twisted Fate is a somewhat poor counter to Shen. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Twisted Fate against Shen.

Additional Information for Twisted Fate Players

How We Calculated Our Twisted Fate vs Shen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shen as Twisted Fate, we analyzed 2,574 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Shen as Twisted Fate comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Twisted Fate in order to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Twisted Fate usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Shen. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Twisted Fate versus Shen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Twisted Fate combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Shen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Twisted Fate had an average win rate of 48.4% battling Shen with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Shen as Twisted Fate, Twisted Fate players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Twisted Fate vs Shen battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.

If you need to see Twisted Fate versus Shen tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and strategies displayed are calculated using every match run with both champions.