Vladimir with Shen
How to Synergize Vladimir and Shen
based on 1,777 Vladimir with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vladimir Shen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Vladimir and Shen
Tips for Playing as Vladimir with Shen
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Vladimir in LoL
The Vladimir 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, Vladimir sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Shen helps Vladimir perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Vladimir is an ally to Shen, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Shen helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Vladimir is played together with Shen 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 alongside Shen.
Moreover, when Vladimir plays with Shen on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Shen does a poor job of protecting Vladimir during teamfights.
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Is Vladimir better when played alongside Shen?
There is no top companion for Vladimir that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, Shen is a very typical companion for Vladimir. By playing on the same team as Vladimir, he raises their win rate by 0.5% to 50.5%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Vladimir and Shen that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Vladimir. That means Vladimir players don't need to be very careful when finding Shen allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting together, Vladimir players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by aligning Vladimir and Shen together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir to synergize with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Vladimir and Shen synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Riftmaker. When Vladimir used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Shen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average winrate of 50.5% helping carry Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Vladimir players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Vladimir and Shen pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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