Shen with Vi
How to Synergize Shen and Vi
based on 1,748 Shen with Vi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Vi Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Vi
Tips for Playing as Shen with Vi
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 Vi Will Play
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
Shen Vi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vi as Shen in LoL
The Shen Vi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vi, 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 Vi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Vi helps Shen perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen is paired with Vi, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Vi helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played alongside Vi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vi.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Vi on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Vi does a decent job of protecting Shen in team fights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Vi?
There is no ideal synergy for Shen that will no matter what be his best ally. However, Vi is a good companion for Shen. By playing on the same team as Shen, she raises their win rate by 2.8% to 52.5%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good bond between Shen and Vi that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Vi has a lower difficulty than Shen. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Vi comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by grouping Shen and Vi together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Vi ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Shen in order to work well with Vi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to prioritize in your Shen and Vi synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Vi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shen had an average winrate of 52.5% helping carry Vi with this build.
To have the best chance of beating 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. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Shen and Vi pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.
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