Shen·Mid Build
Win rate | 54.9% |
Pick rate | 0.4% |
Ban rate | 0.3% |
Matches | 1 039- |
Shen Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 59.9% based on 354 matches
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59.9%2nd Most Popular
46.8%Alternative
53.3%Top Players ALL
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spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 10 sec
Early Items
@ 5 min
Core Items
@ 21 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Shen Matchups Overview
Shen General information
Shen combos
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The Best Shen Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in Emerald +
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 Iceborn Gauntlet, Thornmail and finish with Knight's Vow. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 59.9% winrate over 354 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 46.8% win rate over 139 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, Knight's Vow 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 53.3% win rate across 60 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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Shen runes page.
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Shen Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Mid in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.9 the best possible matchups for Shen Mid are:
- vs. Seraphine - win rate over games.
- vs. Swain - 80.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Annie - 80.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Vladimir - 76.2% win rate over 21 games.
- vs. Corki - 75.0% win rate over 8 games.
Consider picking Shen into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Shen.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Shen in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Talon - 21.4% win rate over 14 games.
- vs. Kayle - 25.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Zoe - 28.6% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Neeko - 33.3% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Hwei - 33.3% win rate over 33 games.
These champions are considered as Shen counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Shen counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.