Shen·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Shen Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hollow Radiance as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Dead Man's Plate. For your last 3 items, you should build Knight's Vow, Thornmail and finish with Randuin's Omen. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 56.3% winrate over 2 083 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Shen Mid build would be to take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Redemption, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Locket of the Iron Solari as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Knight's Vow, Hollow Radiance and Thornmail. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 52.0% win rate over 948 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Health Scaling, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Dead Man's Plate as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Hollow Radiance as a third item. You want to finish the build with Iceborn Gauntlet, Thornmail and Kaenic Rookern. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.5% win rate across 344 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Shen Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Health Scaling and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Sunfire Aegis as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Dead Man's Plate as third item. The last 3 options are Iceborn Gauntlet, Thornmail and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 71.2% win rate over 66 matches played.

Situational Shen Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Shen build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.