Rakan with Shen
How to Synergize Rakan and Shen
based on 1,618 Rakan with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Shen Synergy Summary
Best Rakan vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Shen
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Shen
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan 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, Rakan sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Shen helps Rakan perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rakan plays on the same team as Shen, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Shen supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played alongside Shen on the same side, 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 Rakan plays with Shen on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Shen does a poor job of covering Rakan during teamfights.
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Shen?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Rakan that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Shen is a very typical teammate for Rakan. By locking into the same side as Rakan, he lowers their win rate by -0.2% to 50.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Rakan and Shen that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Shen has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means Rakan players don't need to be careful when lining up Shen comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Combined, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by grouping Rakan and Shen together, you will not be granting your side a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Shen ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to pair well with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Rakan and Shen synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Shen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 50.4% when playing alongside Shen with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Rakan and Shen pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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