Shen vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Shen
based on 1,062 Shen vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Azir Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Azir as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Azir
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Shen vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Shen in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Shen against Azir matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Shen usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Azir
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Who is Better, Shen or Azir?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shen usually loses when playing against Azir, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Shen makes a bad counter to Azir.
While Shen does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Shen also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shen into Azir.
Furthermore, Shen has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shen vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Shen is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shen against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shen to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Shen versus Azir build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Azir than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 48.9% battling Azir with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Azir as Shen, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Shen vs Azir face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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