Veigar vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Veigar
based on 2,245 Veigar vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Shen
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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.
Veigar vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Veigar in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Veigar against Shen counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shen..
Veigar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Shen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Shen
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Who is Better, Veigar or Shen?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Shen, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Veigar makes an ok counter to Shen.
While Veigar does have a lower win rate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Veigar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Shenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Veigar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter for Shen. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Veigar in order to counter Shen during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Veigar versus Shen build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Veigar included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Shen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Veigar boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Shen with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Shen as Veigar, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Veigar vs Shen LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Shen as Veigar are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.