Syndra with Shen
How to Synergize Syndra and Shen
based on 1,527 Syndra with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Syndra Shen Synergy Summary
Best Syndra vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Syndra and Shen
Tips for Playing as Syndra with Shen
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Syndra in LoL
The Syndra Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Syndra sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Shen helps Syndra perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Syndra tries to synergize with Shen, she sees a little increase in her total damage output. This change may indicate that Shen provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Syndra is played together with Shen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Shen.
Moreover, when Syndra plays with Shen on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Shen does a decent job of protecting Syndra during team fights.
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Is Syndra better when played alongside Shen?
There is no ideal synergy for Syndra that will no matter what be her top synergy. However, overall, Shen is a below average ally for Syndra. By being on the same side as Syndra, he drops their win rate by -3.0% to 45.7%. This demonstrates that there is a bad synergy between Syndra and Shen that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Syndra. That means Syndra players don't need to be very careful when lining up Shen allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Syndra and Shen together, you may not be granting your other teammates much attack damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Shen ally's skill level, you need to 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
If you would like to truly master Syndra to work well with Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to focus on in your Syndra and Shen synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra bought at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Shen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 45.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Shen with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Shen with Syndra are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.