LoL Champion Build Guides: Shen

Shen Eye of Twilight

Find the best Shen build guides for League of Legends S11 Patch 11.18. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Shen build for the S11 meta. Learn more about Shen's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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Shen Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Shen we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Shen, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Shen this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 11.18. However, if you are a new Shen player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Shen!

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Patch 11.18: 676143 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Domination

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 2988 Games

Resolve

Domination

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 1960 Games

Resolve

Domination

More Shen Runes

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 9415 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 552 Games

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 4416 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 3951 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

76%

Win Rate 88 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

69%

Win Rate 255 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 11.18: 676143 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Domination

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 94 Games

Resolve

Domination

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 103 Games

Resolve

Domination

More Shen Runes

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 718 Games

Third Best

41%

Win Rate 107 Games

Second Best

55%

Win Rate 182 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 674 Games

Second Best

39%

Win Rate 368 Games

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! Small Sample Size Warning * There is either not a lot of games played on this champion or the builds vary greatly, we have provided the top build but it does not have a high confidence rating so use your own discretion.

Passive Ability

Second Best

70%

Win Rate 23 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

62%

Win Rate 13 Games

Passive Ability

Shen Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Shen guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Shen Top in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Shen. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Shen Shen Top

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Shen Skins

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Find Shen's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Shen skins and chromas on Shen's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

PsyOps Shen

September 3, 2020

+ Wishlist

1350

Infernal Shen

September 5, 2019

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1350

Pulsefire Shen

May 17, 2018

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1350

TPA Shen

Special Events

May 24, 2013

+ Wishlist

750

Warlord Shen

April 18, 2012

+ Wishlist

975

Blood Moon Shen

June 7, 2011

+ Wishlist

750

Surgeon Shen

January 4, 2011

+ Wishlist

975

Yellow Jacket Shen

Legacy

March 24, 2010

+ Wishlist

520

Frozen Shen

Legacy

March 24, 2010

+ Wishlist

520

Classic Shen

Original

+ Wishlist

Shen's Abilities

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Ki Barrier Shen's Passive

Self

After completing an ability's effects, Shen shields himself from 60-111 (depending on level) (+14% of bonus health) damage for 2.5 seconds. If the triggering ability successfully affected at least one champion, Ki Barrier's cooldown is reduced by 4−7.5 seconds (depending on level).

Shen's power manifests as a Spirit Blade that he can control with his abilities.

Twilight Assault Shen's Q Ability

Self

140 / 130 / 120 / 110 / 100

8 / 7.25 / 6.5 / 5.75 / 5

Shen recalls his Spirit Blade to his location. Enemies the blade collides with are slowed by 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% for the next 2 seconds when moving away from Shen.

Once it arrives, Shen empowers his next 3 basic attacks within 8 seconds to gain 75 bonus range and deal 10 / 16 / 22 / 28 / 34 / 40 (at levels 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16) plus 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4% (+1.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health as bonus magic damage.

If the Spirit Blade collides with an enemy champion, the empowerment is enhanced, dealing 3% (+0.5% per 100 AP) of the target's maximum health as bonus damage and Shen gains 50% bonus attack speed.

Twilight Assault deals double damage to monsters, up to a maximum of 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200 bonus damage.

Spirit's Refuge Shen's W Ability

400

18 / 16.5 / 15 / 13.5 / 12

Shen's spirit blade creates a defensive zone for 1.75 seconds. Basic attacks that would hit Shen or an allied champion in the zone are blocked. If there are no champions to protect in the zone when it starts, the spirit blade will not activate until one enters or 2 seconds pass.

Shadow Dash Shen's E Ability

600

150

18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10

Passive: Dealing damage with Shadow Dash or Twilight Assault recovers 30 / 35 / 40 Energy.

Active: Shen dashes to a target location, taunting champions and monsters he collides with for 1.5 seconds and dealing 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+15% of bonus Health) physical damage to them.

Stand United Shen's Ultimate (R) Ability

Self

200 / 180 / 160 / 160 / 160

Shen channels for 3 seconds, shielding the target allied champion for 5 seconds. The shield blocks 140 / 320 / 500 (+17.5% bonus health) (+130% of ability power) damage, scaling up to 224 / 512 / 800 (+28% bonus health) (+216% of ability power) based on the target ally's current health (shield maxes out at 40% health).

Upon completing the channel, Shen and his Spirit Blade teleport to the target ally's location.

Questions About Shen

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Latest Questions

What champion guides should i do next?

Asked by MasterBuilder404 on March 11, 2018

I just started making guides at march 8 my first one is at that date and my 2nd is at march 10 so i am new to mobafire

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I have a strategy can you guys tell me if it will work in ranked or no?

Asked by dudm on May 12, 2014

I just wanted to share a strategy me and my friends came up with we call it the submarine tactic. So what we need first is a twitch and a shen. Next what we would do is have twitch get into a postion were he can successfully get behind there enemy...

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Best splitpusher in the game ?

Asked by Tatticadanit0 on April 27, 2013

Hi guys, i want to question who is the best splitpusher in the game, AP [[tryndamere]] before the nerf was the best, [[shen]] and [[teemo]] are really good too. but i want to know your opinion about this ^_^ Thanks for the upcoming answer P.S....

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Is this viable?

Asked by Absolute.0 on April 26, 2013

Hi, just wondering if it's possible to play [[shen]] in a fighter style. [center][icon=shen size=70][/center] [color=#002233]Trying to be invisible text.[/color] [rule] [color=#002233]Trying to be invisible text.[/color] [center][icon=boots...

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