Nocturne

Nocturne litteraly shutdowns our R. We cannot Save our teammate from afar from Paranoia. Recommended to always ban Nocturne. Even as jungle matchup we cannot win if he Spellshield our E. Outclears our clear. Nocturne can buy Serpents Fang as well.

Lillia

Outclears our jungle clear. AP Tank shredder. Way much more mobility to kite Shen (Q's).

Gragas

Disengage on our E and R. Outclears our jungle clear.

Maokai

Disengage on our E and R. Outclears our jungle clear.

Fiddlesticks

Fiddlesticks gains free early game into shen, because he can disengage from Shen easily. Thereby he becomes a stronger teamfight threat than Shen.

Kayn

Kayn clearspeed is way stronger than Shen, and its easy for Kayn to avoid Shen. Once Kayn has form and items without being behind, it will be hard to deal with him. Red Kayn is harder than Blue Kayn. Kayn can buy Serpents Fang as well.

Kha'Zix

Pre 6 Shen is stronger than Kha'Zix Kha'Zix stealth gaps from and isolation will make him win hard into Shen. Kha'Zix can buy Serpents Fang as well.

Karthus

Karthus had way better clearspeed combined with having no On-hit related damage. Thereby he scales way better and becomes more useful than Shen. Try to abuse Karthus early on, which Shen is stronger at.

Elise

Shen can succeed into Elise her early game, and thereby he can block most of her damage sources. this is an even matchup.

Bel'Veth

Shen is good into Bel'veth, But it is only due to Shen's protection tools in teamfights. Depending on the lead shen can deal with Bel'veth solo, aslong as Shen blocks Bel'veth E with his Shen W. Becareful of Bel'veths better clearingspeed than Shen.

Rengar

Recommended to go Lethal Tempo, unless you can group burst Rengar early on. Rengar relies heavy on on-hit due to his Q's. This is why Shen is strong into him in a group. Shen early strength will weaken really fast into Rengar. Rengar can buy Serpents Fang as well.

Nunu & Willump

Nunu & Willimp has decent disengage due to R. and he has a lot of mobility early game presence, which is hard to follow for Shen.

Graves

Graves clearspeed is stronger than Shen, but Shen is way stronger than Graves in skirmishes and 1v1's early on.

Evelynn

Evelynn is an even matchup, Shen is favourite early on and will fall of to her. It is hard to protect teammates from Evelynn assasinations as well, but Shen can shadow teamfights on ult cooldown instantly.

Diana

Nidalee

Shen can succeed into Nidalee her early game, and thereby he can block Nidalee Q, which is most of her damage source. this is an even matchup.

Kindred

Kindred might be hard to reach as Shen, but Shen can prevent a lot of Kindreds burst. Shen can also be stronger pre 6.

Talon

Talon mobility is a big issue combined with his stealth from R. Early on Shen should try to prevent talon Passive with Block. Talon can buy Serpents Fang as well.

Olaf

Shen cannot statcheck Olaf easily, but in team skirmishes he will overcome Olaf really easily.

Udyr

Udyr has a way faster clear than Shen, try to bully him early on due to Shen early strength. udyr can take over games when he gets a lead, but Shen can apply the right tools to deal with him.

Zac

Try to bully Zac early on, due to him being weaker. Zac can become an issue due to his insane teamfighting crowd controle and damage on W.

Ekko

Outscales Shen and has Tank execute on W Passive. Ekko always needs an autohit to finish his Passive, try to block this autohit.

Sejuani

Sejuani is easy to deal with as opposite Tank due to Shen tankslay on his Q's combined with Shen Block against frozen Sejuani smashes(E and R)

Hecarim

Melee On-hit bruisers are easy to deal with for Shen. Hecarim clearspeed can be a problem to deal with combined with him having a lead to snowball.

Jarvan IV

Melee On-hit bruisers are easy to deal with for Shen. Jarvan early pressure can be answered easily as Shen.

Viego

Melee On-hit bruisers are easy to deal with for Shen. Viego can become stronger later on due to his tankslay in his kit.

Lee Sin

Melee On-hit bruisers are easy to deal with for Shen. Lee Sin early pressure can be answered easily as Shen.

Xin Zhao

Melee On-hit bruisers are easy to deal with for Shen. Xin Zhao early pressure can be answered easily as Shen. Preferably block Xin 3rd Q

Shaco

AD Shaco is a Tiny Problem, but AP Shaco can be a Minor/Even Problem, due to his fear and % max HP damage from items.

Wukong

Melee On-hit bruisers are easy to deal with for Shen. Wukong early pressure can be answered easily as Shen. preferably block Wukong Q to prevent armor shred.

Rek'Sai

Shen has the tools to deal with Rek'sai, but Rek'sai ganks are hard to shadow, especially the off centered ones. Shadowing Rek'sai ganks on the right places makes Shen more useful than Rek'Sai.

Sylas

Sylas has stronger and less stronger windows than Shen, he can claim Shen R to do the same as well. Shen is stronger than Sylas overall and can punish him for it better. Shen also has a stronger early presence.

Trundle

Shen beats Trundle pre 6, must block Trundle Q. after that Shen will be more useful than Trundle, due to block peel and movement. Be careful with bad positioning combined with losing stats from Trundle R.

Master Yi

Master Yi is easy to deal with for Shen, Shen will be stronger untill master yi get some items or is ahead. But Shen will always be a manace due to his block into Wuju Style (E).

Volibear

Volibear is weaker than Shen pre lvl 6, Block Volibear Q whenever a fight breaks out.

Warwick

Use Shen block when warwick is low hp and into his Q. Shen wins slow trades really hard into Warwick. Do not hard trade into Warwick, unless u can finish him off.

Poppy

Shen counter ganks are way much stronger in value due to block and early strength, if done properly, Shen will become more useful. But Shen cannot use his only dash that easily into Poppy.

Amumu

Easy Matchup. Do not cry Amumu, here is a hug my friend.

Vi

Shen has the tools to deal with Vi R due to his R. combined with block and better Crowd controle and damage after it.

Skarner

Shen is a tank and has low threat from Skarner R. Thereby he can be there whenever a teammates has this issue. Combined with Block and crowd controle and more damage than Skarner.

Pantheon

Shen can withstand Pantheon Burst due to block, and overcome him easily by doing so. Global for Global as well.