Shen with Annie
How to Synergize Shen and Annie
based on 1,080 Shen with Annie pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Annie
Tips for Playing as Shen with Annie
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 Understand How Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Shen Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Shen in LoL
The Shen Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Shen sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Annie helps Shen perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen is paired with Annie, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Annie helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played with Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Annie.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Annie on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Annie does a decent job of covering Shen during team fights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Annie?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Shen that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Annie is a below average companion for Shen. By playing on the same team as Shen, she lowers their win rate by -1.4% to 48.3%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Shen and Annie that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Annie has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means Shen players must be careful when enlisting Annie teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, Shen players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Shen and Annie together, you may not be giving your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Annie ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Shen in order to pair well with Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to use in your Shen and Annie synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Annie than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when playing alongside Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Shen players should take 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 we have analyed for Shen and Annie pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Annie with Shen are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.