Shen with Vex
How to Synergize Shen and Vex
based on 1,235 Shen with Vex pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Vex Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Vex
Tips for Playing as Shen with Vex
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.
Shen Vex Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vex as Shen in LoL
The Shen Vex synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vex, 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 Vex. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Vex helps Shen perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen is an ally to Vex, he observes a little increase in his full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Vex helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played with Vex on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Vex.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Vex on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Vex does a poor job of protecting Shen during team fights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Vex?
There is no ideal companion for Shen that will always be his ideal ally. However, Vex is a very typical teammate for Shen. By being on the same side as Shen, they lowers their win rate by -0.6% to 49.1%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Shen and Vex that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Vex has a much lower diffuclty than Shen. That means Shen players don't need to be cautious when finding Vex teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Shen players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Conversely, by grouping Shen and Vex together, you probably will not be providing your team a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Vex ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Shen in order to synergize with Vex during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to get in your Shen and Vex synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Shen combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Vex than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Vex with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
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