Gangplank vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Gangplank
based on 949 Gangplank vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Shen
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Win Against Shen
Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.
Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.
Gangplank vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several important Gangplank against Shen matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shen..
Gangplank typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Shen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Shen
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Shen?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually fairs equally well when facing off against Shen, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes an ok counter to Shen.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate compared to Shen, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Shenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gangplank is a somewhat poor counter to Shen. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often racks up more CS compared to Shen. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Shen build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Shen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 49.2% battling Shen with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Shen as Gangplank, Gangplank players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Gangplank vs Shen counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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