Draven with Shen
How to Synergize Draven and Shen
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Draven Shen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Draven and Shen
Tips for Playing as Draven with Shen
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Understand How Shen Will Play
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.
Draven Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Draven in LoL
The Draven Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Draven sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shen helps Draven perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Draven is paired with Shen, he gets a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Shen provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played with Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Shen.
Moreover, when Draven plays with Shen on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Shen does a decent job of protecting Draven in team fights.
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Is Draven better when played alongside Shen?
There is no one best synergy for Draven that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, overall, Shen is a very typical companion for Draven. By being on the same team as Draven, he increases their win rate by 0.8% to 50.5%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Draven and Shen that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Draven. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Shen allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. When paired, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by grouping Draven and Shen together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of magic damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Shen ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Draven to work well with Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to use in your Draven and Shen synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Draven used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Shen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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