Urgot vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Urgot
based on 1,294 Urgot vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Shen
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Urgot in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Urgot vs. Shen matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shen..
Urgot typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Urgot and Shen
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Who is Better, Urgot or Shen?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Urgot usually wins when facing off against Shen, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Urgot makes a good counter to Shen.
While Urgot does have a higher winrate than Shen, when facing one another, Urgot also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Urgot into Shenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Urgot has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Shen matchups, Urgot is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Urgot is a decent counter to Shen. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Urgot against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Urgot in order to counter Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Urgot versus Shen build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Force of Nature. When Urgot combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Shen than with most other common builds. In fact, Urgot boasted an average win rate of 51.9% battling Shen with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Shen as Urgot, Urgot players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Urgot vs Shen clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.9% winrate overall.
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