Shen with Ezreal
How to Synergize Shen and Ezreal
based on 3,853 Shen with Ezreal pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Ezreal Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Shen with Ezreal
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.
Advice to Understand How Ezreal Will Play
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
Shen Ezreal Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ezreal as Shen in LoL
The Shen Ezreal synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ezreal, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Shen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ezreal. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ezreal helps Shen perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shen tries to synergize with Ezreal, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This change may signal that Ezreal provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played alongside Ezreal on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ezreal. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ezreal.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Ezreal on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Ezreal does a poor job of covering Shen in teamfights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Ezreal?
There is no one best companion for Shen that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Ezreal is a below average companion for Shen. By being on the same team as Shen, he lowers their win rate by -2.0% to 47.7%. This signals that there is a negative strategic relationship between Shen and Ezreal that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Ezreal has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means you need to be cautious when finding Ezreal allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Combined, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by pairing Shen and Ezreal together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Ezreal ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Shen in order to work well with Ezreal during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to build first in your Shen and Ezreal synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Shen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Ezreal than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 47.7% helping carry Ezreal with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Shen players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Shen and Ezreal pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Ezreal with Shen are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.