Gwen with Shen
How to Synergize Gwen and Shen
based on 497 Gwen with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Shen Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Shen
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Shen
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shen helps Gwen perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gwen plays on the same team as Shen, she sees a marginal improvement in her total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Shen provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played alongside Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Shen.
Moreover, when Gwen plays with Shen on the same side, she on average receives more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Shen does a poor job of protecting Gwen during team fights.
Synergies between Gwen and Shen
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Shen?
There is no one best champion pairing for Gwen that will no matter what be her ideal ally. Yet, overall, Shen is a fantastic ally for Gwen. By playing on the same side as Gwen, he raises their win rate by 3.6% to 51.7%. This shows that there is a strong bond between Gwen and Shen that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Shen has a lower difficulty than Gwen. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Shen comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by aligning Gwen and Shen together, you may not be granting your side a great deal of magical damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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How We Calculated Our Gwen Shen Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen to synergize with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Gwen and Shen synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Shen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 51.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Shen with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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