Shaco with Shen
How to Synergize Shaco and Shen
based on 2,236 Shaco with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shaco Shen Synergy Summary
Best Shaco vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shaco and Shen
Tips for Playing as Shaco with Shen
Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.
Advice to Understand How Shen Will Play
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.
Shaco Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Shaco in LoL
The Shaco Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Shaco sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shen helps Shaco perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shaco tries to synergize with Shen, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Shen supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Shaco is played together with Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Shen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shen.
Additionally, when Shaco plays with Shen on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Shen does a decent job of protecting Shaco during teamfights.
Synergies between Shaco and Shen
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Is Shaco better when played alongside Shen?
There is no one best ally for Shaco that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, overall, Shen is a relatively poor ally for Shaco. By playing on the same side as Shaco, he decreases their win rate by -2.4% to 47.0%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Shaco and Shen that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Shaco. That means Shaco players don't need to be very careful when lining up Shen comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by grouping Shaco and Shen together, you will not be granting your other teammates much magic damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to work well with Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Shaco and Shen synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Shaco bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Shen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average win rate of 47.0% helping carry Shen with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Shaco players should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Shaco and Shen pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Shen with Shaco are given for every ranked division. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.