Shen with Lissandra
How to Synergize Shen and Lissandra
based on 771 Shen with Lissandra pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Lissandra Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Shen with Lissandra
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 Lissandra Will Play
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Shen Lissandra Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lissandra as Shen in LoL
The Shen Lissandra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lissandra, 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 Lissandra. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Lissandra helps Shen perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen is paired with Lissandra, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Lissandra helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played together with Lissandra on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Lissandra.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Lissandra on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Lissandra does a decent job of covering Shen during team fights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Lissandra?
There is no one best companion for Shen that will always be his #1 teammate. However, Lissandra is a very typical companion for Shen. By being on the same team as Shen, she decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 49.3%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Shen and Lissandra that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Lissandra has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means Shen players need to be cautious when lining up Lissandra comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by bringing Shen and Lissandra together, you probably will not be providing your team a great deal of AD. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Lissandra ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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
To truly master Shen to work well with Lissandra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Shen and Lissandra synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Lissandra than with many other typical builds. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 49.3% helping carry Lissandra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Shen players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Shen and Lissandra pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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