Zyra vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Zyra
based on 2,741 Zyra vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Shen Counter Build
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Core Zyra Items
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Guide to Countering Shen as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Shen
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Zyra vs. Shen matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Shen..
Zyra often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Shen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Shen
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Zyra or Shen?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Shen, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a good counter for Shen.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate than Shen, when facing one another, Zyra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zyra into Shenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Shen matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zyra is a decent counter for Shen. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zyra in order to counter Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra on average accumulates less CS relative to Shen. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Zyra versus Shen build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Shen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 51.6% battling Shen with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Shen as Zyra, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Zyra vs Shen LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
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