Sylas with Shen
How to Synergize Sylas and Shen
based on 2,044 Sylas with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sylas Shen Synergy Summary
Best Sylas vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Shen
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Shen
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Understand How Shen Will Play
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.
Sylas Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sylas sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shen helps Sylas perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sylas is an ally to Shen, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This may indicate that Shen provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played alongside Shen 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 synergisticly with Shen.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Shen on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Shen does a poor job of protecting Sylas during teamfights.
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Shen?
There is no ideal synergy for Sylas that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Shen is a pretty good teammate for Sylas. By playing on the same team as Sylas, he increases their win rate by 1.7% to 50.7%. This demonstrates that there is a good strategic relationship between Sylas and Shen that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Shen has a lower difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be careful when lining up Shen comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, Sylas players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by grouping Sylas and Shen together, you will not be granting your team very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Shen ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Sylas to pair well with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Sylas and Shen synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Shen than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sylas and Shen pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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