Talon with Shen
How to Synergize Talon and Shen
based on 1,280 Talon with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Talon Shen Synergy Summary
Best Talon vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Talon and Shen
Tips for Playing as Talon with Shen
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Talon in LoL
The Talon 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, Talon sees a very large drop in his 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 Talon perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Talon tries to synergize with Shen, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This may indicate that Shen supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played with Shen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shen.
Additionally, when Talon plays with Shen on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Shen does a decent job of covering Talon in teamfights.
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Is Talon better when played alongside Shen?
There is no ideal synergy for Talon that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Shen is a very typical teammate for Talon. By locking into the same team as Talon, he improves their win rate by 0.1% to 49.1%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Talon and Shen that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Talon. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Shen allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing alongside, Talon players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Talon and Shen together, you will not be giving your team a lot of AP. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Shen ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Talon in order to work well with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Talon and Shen synergy build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Talon incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Shen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 49.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shen with this build.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Talon players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Shen with Talon are shown for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.