Shen·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Shen Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Aftershock as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Second Wind and Revitalize in the primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Heartsteel. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 53.9% winrate over 961 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Aftershock as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Revitalize in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Heartsteel as a third item. You want to finish the build with Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail and Hollow Radiance. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 47.9% win rate across 695 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Shen Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Shield Bash with Second Wind as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Heartsteel as third item. The last 3 options are Warmog's Armor, Thornmail and Abyssal Mask. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 54.5% win rate over 290 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.