Kayle with Shen
How to Synergize Kayle and Shen
based on 758 Kayle with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayle Shen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kayle and Shen
Tips for Playing as Kayle with Shen
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Kayle in LoL
The Kayle 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, Kayle sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shen helps Kayle perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kayle is an ally to Shen, she observes a small increase in her complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Shen provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kayle is played together with 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 alongside Shen.
Additionally, when Kayle plays with Shen on the same team, she typically takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Shen does a decent job of covering Kayle in team fights.
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Is Kayle better when played alongside Shen?
There is no ideal ally for Kayle that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. However, overall, Shen is a very typical ally for Kayle. By being on the same side as Kayle, he improves their win rate by 0.4% to 51.7%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Kayle and Shen that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Kayle. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Shen allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Kayle players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Kayle and Shen together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a lot of attack damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kayle to synergize with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to build first in your Kayle and Shen synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Kayle incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Shen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kayle had an average win rate of 51.7% when playing alongside Shen with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Kayle players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kayle and Shen pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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