Shen with Kalista
How to Synergize Shen and Kalista
based on 598 Shen with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Shen with Kalista
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 Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Shen Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Shen in LoL
The Shen Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kalista helps Shen perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen plays on the same team as Kalista, he gets a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Kalista does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played with Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kalista.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically takes less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Shen during teamfights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Shen that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Kalista is a very typical teammate for Shen. By locking into the same side as Shen, she decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 48.7%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Shen and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means you must be very careful when enlisting Kalista allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Shen and Kalista together, you will not be granting your team enough magic damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Shen to pair well with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Shen and Kalista synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Kalista than with most other common builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 48.7% helping carry Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should use 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 runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.
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