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How to Win Shen vs Brand Counter MatchupShen is in the a tier of champions

Shen vs Brand

How to Beat Brand as Shen in LoLShen is in the s tier of champions
Tank
Mage

How to Beat Brand as Shen

based on 3,974 Shen vs Brand matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
2.75
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League games each week. In our dataset, Shen did battle with Brand in 3974 rounds. Having so many matchups for Shen versus Brand provides us faith in our capability to produce informative statistics and a recommended build to annihilate Brand. This particular champ matchup is somewhat uncommon. Shen encounters Brand in only 6.0% of his rounds.

Shen vs Brand Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shen does a pathetic job of beating Brand. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.9% of games the champions face each other in. In Shen versus Brand rounds, Shen’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Brand.

Best Shen vs Brand Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Shen Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Unending DespairSpirit VisageTitanic HydraJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shen to level upq
>
Second ability for Shen to level upe
>
Last skill for Shen to max outw

Runes

ResolveAftershockShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Shen's passive ability p
Shen's q ability q
Shen's w ability w
Shen's e ability e
Shen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Brand as Shen

Tips for Playing as Shen against Brand

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 Brand

Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.

Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.

Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.

Shen vs Brand Counter Stats

Shen Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Brand Image
4.2
< Kills >
5.6
5.2
< Deaths >
7
10.1
< Assists >
8.8
0.96
< Killing Sprees >
1.28
126
< Minions Killed >
62
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.66
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.45
7,900
< Physical Damage >
861
6,884
< Magic Damage >
22,930
1,095
< True Damage >
1,372
15,880
< Damage Dealt >
25,164
31,487
< Damage Taken >
25,597
10,166
< Gold Earned >
11,078
1.57
< Towers >
1.63
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.18
4,173
< Total Healing >
6,371
14,057
< Experience >
12,822
22
< Vision Score >
36
10
< Wards Placed >
14
318
< Time Dealing CC >
251

How to Counter Brand with Shen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Shen against Brand counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Brand..

Shen usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Brand. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shen and Brand

Damage Types Compared

Shen
Brand
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shen
Brand

Who is Better, Shen or Brand?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shen usually loses when taking on Brand, with a 46.9% win rate. Therefore, Shen makes a poor counter to Brand.

While Shen does have a lower winrate compared to Brand, when they face off with one another, Shen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Shen into Brand.

Furthermore, Shen also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Shen vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Shen is a garbage counter for Brand. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shen against Brand.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shen

Shen Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44% winrateTaricTaric45.1% winrateSettSett45.6% winrate

Shen Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.4% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai58.2% winrateZeriZeri56.2% winrateLuluLulu55.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ShyvanaShyvana+ 53.2% 819 GamesBriarBriar+ 53.8% 2768 GamesNilahNilah+ 55.2% 1070 GamesSingedSinged+ 57% 449 Games

Additional Information for Shen Players

How We Calculated Our Shen vs Brand Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Brand as Shen, we analyzed 3,974 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Brand as Shen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shen to counter Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shen usually picks up more CS as Brand. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Shen versus Brand build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Shen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Brand than with most other common builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 46.9% when countering Brand with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Brand as Shen, Shen players should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Shen vs Brand fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.

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