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Shen, the Eye of Twilight, is a tank champion of medium difficulty. Across our 736 analysed ranked games, Shen is mostly played in Top (65% of its games), and more rarely as Support (30%), with a 52.5% win rate in that role: tier A among Top champions (#12 of 51, ranked by win rate). Shen's damage is mixed (53% physical, 42% magic): stacking a single type of resistance is less efficient against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 57.1% in long games (over 35 min, 49 games) versus 49.6% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).
Averages measured over 476 Top games played with Shen, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Shen is a long-range support tank: his passive gives him a shield after each ability, and his ultimate gives a shield to an ally before teleporting you to them. Spirit's Refuge blocks attacks targeting his allies or himself near his blade, and Shadow Dash taunts enemies.
E
Q
AA
AA
W
When: An enemy is within taunt range.
Shadow Dash dashes you and taunts the enemies you cross; Twilight Assault recalls your blade for damage based on max health; Spirit's Refuge blocks targeted attacks.
R
W
When: An ally is in danger far from you.
Stand United gives an absorbing shield to an allied champion then teleports you to them: keep it for an ally under threat.
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AA
AA
When: An enemy is far from their allies.
The blade slows the enemies it hits when they move away from you; attacks are greatly empowered if it hits a champion.
Twilight Assault deals damage based on the target's max health: use it to harass. Place your spirit blade so that Spirit's Refuge protects when you are close.
The most-played core build is Dusk and Dawn, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra (26 games, 42.3% win rate).
Flash + Ignite52.4% · 267 games
Flash + Teleport53.0% · 185 games
Exhaust + Flash55.6% · 18 games
Shield Bash100%
Second Wind92%
Overgrowth94%
Approach Velocity97%
Biscuit Delivery77%
Shield Bash98%Second Wind88%
Revitalize75%
Ultimate Hunter100%
Cheap Shot92%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Shen's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Titanic Hydra
56.9%
Dusk and Dawn
63.3% ▲
Kaenic Rookern
55.6%
Thornmail
55.0%
Heartsteel
63.2%
Hollow Radiance
66.7%The item that stands out most is Dusk and Dawn: 63.3% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.
Titanic Hydra
55.1%Dusk and Dawn
55.3%Thornmail
54.2%
Dead Man's Plate
43.8%Heartsteel
62.5%
Sunfire Aegis
62.5%No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Titanic Hydra
51.8%Dusk and Dawn
55.7%Thornmail
46.7% ▼
Randuin's Omen
59.1%Kaenic Rookern
57.1%Heartsteel
63.2%No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Shen's matchups.
The most-played core build is Dusk and Dawn, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra (26 games, 42.3% win rate).
Win rate varies with game length: 57.1% in long games (over 35 min, 49 games) versus 49.6% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).
The most-played rune page uses Grasp of the Undying with the Inspiration secondary tree (337 games, 52.8% win rate).
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