Shen vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Shen
based on 2,128 Shen vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Riven
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 Riven
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.
Shen vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Shen in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some important Shen versus Riven counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Riven
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Who is Better, Shen or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shen usually loses when trying to fight Riven, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Shen makes a bad counter for Riven.
While Shen does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Shen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Shen into Riven.
Moreover, Shen has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Shen is a garbage counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Shen against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Shen in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Riven. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Shen versus Riven build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Riven than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 47.9% battling Riven with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Riven 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. Of all the rune combinations players used for Shen vs Riven face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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