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Shen Build 26.22

Shen trades lane pressure for map pressure, and that is the whole pitch. His ult shields an ally and drops him into their fight from anywhere on the map, so you are never truly out of the game. Land the taunt to pin a target, park the W zone to blank their autos, then peel. Well above the curve at 52.1% this patch and on the way up, but his value shows up in cross-map saves, not lane kills.

#24 of 119 top this patch · 1.7k games

Win rate52.1%+0.8Games1.7kPick rate3.1%Ban rate0.6%Last 8 patches+1.4 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 42%AD 52%True 5%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 52.1% WR

Plated Steelcaps SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.1%AhriMidA51.5%AkaliMidB49.6%AkshanMidB49.7%AlistarSupportA52.3%AmbessaTopC47.8%AmumuJungleC48.7%AniviaMidB49.7%AnnieMidA52.4%ApheliosAD CarryC48.6%AsheAD CarryC49.3%Aurelion SolMidA52.3%AuroraMidB50.4%AzirMidC48.6%BardSupportC48.6%Bel'VethJungleS53.2%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportC49.1%BraumSupportA51.4%BriarJungleB49.9%CaitlynAD CarryC47.9%CamilleTopA51.4%CassiopeiaMidC49.1%Cho'GathJungleA51.3%CorkiAD CarryB50.6%DariusTopB50.4%DianaJungleB49.7%Dr. MundoTopA51.3%DravenAD CarryA51.6%EkkoMidS52.5%EliseJungleC48.4%EvelynnJungleA51.0%EzrealAD CarryD46.2%FiddlesticksJungleB50.6%FioraTopA51.1%FizzMidB49.6%GalioMidB50.5%GangplankTopA51.5%GarenTopB50.3%GnarTopC49.2%GragasTopC49.2%GravesJungleB49.4%GwenTopA51.3%HecarimJungleA51.1%HeimerdingerTopS52.6%HweiMidA51.8%IllaoiTopB50.2%IreliaTopB49.8%IvernJungleA52.0%JannaSupportB50.8%Jarvan IVJungleC48.6%JaxTopB50.0%JayceTopD47.4%JhinAD CarryB50.4%JinxAD CarryA51.1%K'SanteTopD47.4%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.6%KalistaAD CarryB49.8%KarmaSupportD47.2%KarthusJungleC48.5%KassadinMidS52.5%KatarinaMidA51.7%KayleTopB50.7%KaynJungleB50.0%KennenTopA52.1%Kha'ZixJungleB50.2%KindredJungleA51.5%KledTopS52.8%Kog'MawAD CarryA51.9%LeBlancMidS52.4%Lee SinJungleC48.0%LeonaSupportA51.6%LilliaJungleA51.2%LissandraMidB49.9%LockeMidC48.2%LucianAD CarryC49.2%LuluSupportC49.1%LuxSupportC48.5%MalphiteTopA51.5%MalzaharMidC48.9%MaokaiSupportA51.9%Master YiJungleB49.4%MelMidD47.1%MilioSupportC48.6%Miss FortuneAD CarryC49.1%MordekaiserTopB50.3%MorganaSupportA51.4%NaafiriJungleA50.9%NamiSupportB50.7%NasusTopB49.4%NautilusSupportB50.4%NeekoSupportD47.3%NidaleeJungleA52.1%NilahAD CarryS+56.7%NocturneJungleB49.5%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.0%OlafTopB50.3%OriannaMidD47.3%OrnnTopB50.8%PantheonTopA51.6%PoppySupportS53.8%PykeSupportB50.3%QiyanaJungleC48.3%QuinnTopD47.7%RakanSupportS52.8%RammusJungleS+55.3%Rek'SaiJungleS53.0%RellSupportS52.5%Renata GlascSupportB49.5%RenektonTopC48.7%RengarJungleB49.3%RivenTopB50.3%RumbleTopC49.0%RyzeMidD45.7%SamiraAD CarryB49.4%SejuaniJungleA52.1%SennaSupportB50.4%SeraphineSupportB49.5%SettTopA52.1%ShacoJungleB50.0%ShenTopA52.1%ShyvanaJungleS53.6%SingedTopB50.9%SionTopA51.0%SivirAD CarryA51.2%SkarnerJungleS+54.4%SmolderAD CarryB50.4%SonaSupportA51.6%SorakaSupportA51.4%SwainSupportA51.7%SylasMidC48.3%SyndraMidB49.7%Tahm KenchSupportC48.2%TaliyahJungleA50.9%TalonJungleA50.8%TaricSupportB50.9%TeemoTopA50.9%ThreshSupportB50.7%TristanaAD CarryB50.5%TrundleTopD47.7%TryndamereTopB50.6%Twisted FateMidB49.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.3%UdyrJungleB50.5%UrgotTopB50.8%VarusAD CarryC49.1%VayneAD CarryB50.7%VeigarMidD47.8%Vel'KozSupportS53.4%VexMidA52.2%ViJungleB50.0%ViegoJungleC48.8%ViktorMidB49.5%VladimirMidA51.2%VolibearTopB50.5%WarwickJungleS52.9%WukongJungleA51.7%XayahAD CarryS52.7%XerathMidA51.7%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.1%YasuoMidC48.3%YoneMidC48.8%YorickTopC48.5%YunaraAD CarryC49.0%YuumiSupportC48.9%ZaahenTopC49.1%ZacJungleA52.0%ZedMidC48.9%ZeriAD CarryA51.6%ZiggsAD CarryA52.1%ZileanSupportA51.5%ZoeMidS52.8%ZyraSupportB50.0%

LoL ClassicSee how Shen was built in the classic eraShen Classic Build

When Is Shen Strongest?

The win rate runs highest in the opening minutes and eases off later, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Shen wins with map pressure rather than lane dominance, so he uses that window to trade globally, saving a teammate with his ultimate while turning a skirmish across the map into a numbers advantage.

Game timeline · Shen drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:06

Ambush zone7:36–9:06 Power spike 15:23

13:48

15:23

13:48

22:27

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 59/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~4.5k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Plated Steelcaps · 13:48

Shen Item Build

Shen is a global tank who protects his team and locks down fights, so the build stacks health, armor, and magic resist to make him an immovable frontline. The items keep him alive long enough for his blade and his cross-map ultimate to swing a fight anywhere.

Standard loadout · Shen The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Shield×1

Health Potion×1

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps71% · 52.9%

Mercury's Treads29% · 51.8%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.J

Jak'Sho, The Protean4658.7%K

Kaenic Rookern22258.6%H

Hollow Radiance15653.8%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.J

Jak'Sho, The Protean4658.7%D

Dead Man's Plate12157.9%U

Unending Despair4156.1%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.F

Farsight Alteration25756.0%O

Oracle Lens23152.8%S

Stealth Ward1.2k51.1%

Best Shen Runes

Grasp of the Undying is the standard here, and it suits how Shen fights. He is not looking to burst anyone down, he wants to stick on a target through the taunt and grind the fight out while his shield keeps ticking. Pair it with the defensive secondary runes and durability shards so you survive the dive you are always trying to start. Keep it simple and lean into being unkillable.

The pre-game page Grasp of the Undying · Resolve + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Resolve Primary

Grasp of the UndyingEvery 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Shield Bash98% · 52.3%

Second Wind87% · 51.7%

Overgrowth66% · 52.5%

Keystone plus three minors from Resolve, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Approach Velocity61% · 52.5%

Biscuit Delivery58% · 52.0%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+20–180 Health (by level)

Build toward Titanic Hydra into Dusk and Dawn, since Shen wants to be sturdy enough to walk in and eat damage for his team. Stalling out hurts, so press any early edge you get. Once Dusk and Dawn comes online at about the 22-minute mark, his taunt-and-shield engage stops trading and starts winning fights outright. Rush the sustain and health he needs before you go hunting for ult plays across the map.

Shen Skill Order

Because Twilight Assault scales off a target's max health, its points at 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9 read bigger against the fat frontline than against squishies. Shadow Dash rounds out at level 13.

Skill order · Shen R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W314151718max 18

E28101213max 13

R61116max 16

Shen Changes This Patch

Stat & ability changesPatch 26.22

Q Monster Damage Cap100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200Buff

Shen Abilities

Ki Barrier is the passive that makes Shen so hard to trade with, a shield thrown up every time he casts, refreshing faster whenever the spell touches a champion. Twilight Assault feeds that loop, since sending the spirit blade through an enemy empowers the swing and slows anyone it clips.

Abilities · Shenpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Ki BarrierPassiveP

Twilight AssaultMax 1stQ

Spirit's RefugeMax lastW

Shadow DashMax 2ndE

Stand UnitedUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Twilight AssaultMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXBase Percent Damage+0.5 per ranklv 12lv 42.5lv 53lv 73.5lv 94Cost-10 per ranklv 1140lv 4130lv 5120lv 7110lv 9100Cooldown-0.75 per ranklv 18slv 47.25slv 56.5slv 75.75slv 95s

Shen Base Stats

Base stats · ShenPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD64+3AS0.751+3%MS340Range125HP610+99HP58.5+0.75Armor34+4.2MR32+2.05MP400MP550

Shen Matchups

Shen wants to trade with his spirit blade and survive, so heavy percent-health damage and ranged pokers who out-range his blade wear him down. Melee laners he can dash onto and taunt, and enemies who overcommit far from their team, are exactly what his engage and global presence punish.

Lane matchups · Shen click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs bruisers 01Trade in short bursts with Q, avoid their extended fighting windows02Ward and bait their all-in, then E taunt for jungle collapse03Build armor and health, then outscale them with split-push pressure Win rate by game lengthShen overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min56.1%20–28 min51.3%28–35 min52.0%Over 35 min51.1%

Early duelists like Illaoi, Gwen, and Yone can shove Shen off the wave and punish him before he has the items to brawl, so respect them and farm safe. Where he shines is answering fights his own lane cannot see, and against Trundle, Cho'Gath, and Renekton his taunt and global peel tilt those skirmishes your way. Once your ult is up, treat the whole map as your lane and roam to wherever the fight is.

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