Shen with Rakan
How to Synergize Shen and Rakan
based on 1,618 Shen with Rakan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Rakan Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Shen Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Shen and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Shen with Rakan
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 Rakan Will Play
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Shen Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Shen in LoL
The Shen Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, 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 Rakan. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Rakan helps Shen perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shen is paired with Rakan, he observes a clear improvement in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Rakan provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played with Rakan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Rakan. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rakan.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Rakan on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Rakan does a poor job of protecting Shen during team fights.
Synergies between Shen and Rakan
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Shen better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no ideal companion for Shen that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, Rakan is a very typical teammate for Shen. By locking into the same side as Shen, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 50.4%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Shen and Rakan that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Rakan has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means Shen players must be careful when lining up Rakan comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Shen players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Conversely, by bringing Shen and Rakan together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Rakan teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
Other Champion Matchups Against Shen
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Shen Players
How We Calculated Our Shen Rakan Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Shen in order to synergize with Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Shen and Rakan synergy build include Thornmail, Titanic Hydra, and Hollow Radiance. When Shen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Rakan than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rakan with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
If you would like to see Shen and Rakan collaboration tips and builds for a a specific player tier, please choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and guides given are computed using every round run with these champs.