Shen with Lucian
How to Synergize Shen and Lucian
based on 3,961 Shen with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Lucian Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Shen with Lucian
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 Lucian Will Play
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Shen Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Shen in LoL
The Shen Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, 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 Lucian. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Lucian helps Shen perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shen tries to synergize with Lucian, he sees a small increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Lucian supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played together with Lucian 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 Lucian.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Lucian on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Lucian does a poor job of protecting Shen during teamfights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no one best companion for Shen that will always be his best synergy. Yet, Lucian is a not very good ally for Shen. By playing on the same team as Shen, he decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 48.3%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Shen and Lucian that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Lucian has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means you should be very careful when lining up Lucian teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, Shen players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by aligning Shen and Lucian together, you probably will not be granting your side very much magical damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Lucian ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down 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 Shen to pair well with Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Shen and Lucian synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen bought at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Lucian than with most other common builds. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 48.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Lucian with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you 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 players chose for Shen and Lucian pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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