Heimerdinger with Shen
How to Synergize Heimerdinger and Shen
based on 815 Heimerdinger with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Heimerdinger Shen Synergy Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Heimerdinger and Shen
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger with Shen
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Heimerdinger in LoL
The Heimerdinger 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, Heimerdinger 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 fall shows that Shen helps Heimerdinger perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Heimerdinger tries to synergize with Shen, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Shen provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played alongside Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Shen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shen.
Moreover, when Heimerdinger plays with Shen on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Shen does a poor job of covering Heimerdinger during teamfights.
Synergies between Heimerdinger and Shen
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Is Heimerdinger better when played alongside Shen?
There is no one best companion for Heimerdinger that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Shen is a below average companion for Heimerdinger. By being on the same side as Heimerdinger, he lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 47.9%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Heimerdinger and Shen that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Heimerdinger. That means Heimerdinger players don't need to be careful when arranging Shen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by bringing Heimerdinger and Shen together, you will not be providing your other allies much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Shen teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to work well with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to use in your Heimerdinger and Shen synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Shen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 47.9% helping carry Shen with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Heimerdinger and Shen pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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