Shen with Mordekaiser
How to Synergize Shen and Mordekaiser
based on 1,422 Shen with Mordekaiser pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Mordekaiser Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Shen with Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser Will Play
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
Shen Mordekaiser Synergy Stats
How to Play with Mordekaiser as Shen in LoL
The Shen Mordekaiser synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Mordekaiser, 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 Mordekaiser. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Mordekaiser helps Shen perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen tries to synergize with Mordekaiser, he gets a large drop in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Mordekaiser does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played alongside Mordekaiser on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Mordekaiser. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Mordekaiser.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Mordekaiser on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Mordekaiser does a decent job of covering Shen in teamfights.
Synergies between Shen and Mordekaiser
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Is Shen better when played alongside Mordekaiser?
There is no top champion pairing for Shen that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Mordekaiser is a pretty good teammate for Shen. By being on the same side as Shen, he increases their win rate by 1.6% to 51.3%. This demonstrates that there is a good synergy between Shen and Mordekaiser that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Mordekaiser has a lower difficulty than Shen. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Mordekaiser allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Shen players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by pairing Shen and Mordekaiser together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much attack damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Mordekaiser ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Shen to synergize with Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to use in your Shen and Mordekaiser synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Celestial Opposition. When Shen used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Mordekaiser than with most other typical builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when playing alongside Mordekaiser with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating 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 mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Mordekaiser with Shen are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.