Shen with Udyr
How to Synergize Shen and Udyr
based on 1,409 Shen with Udyr pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Udyr Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Udyr
Tips for Playing as Shen with Udyr
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 Udyr Will Play
Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
Shen Udyr Synergy Stats
How to Play with Udyr as Shen in LoL
The Shen Udyr synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Udyr, 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 Udyr. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Udyr helps Shen perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shen plays on the same team as Udyr, he gets a little drop in his full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Udyr doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played with Udyr on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Udyr.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Udyr on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Udyr does a decent job of covering Shen during team fights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Udyr?
There is no perfect ally for Shen that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Udyr is a good companion for Shen. By being on the same team as Shen, he improves their win rate by 1.3% to 51.0%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Shen and Udyr that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Udyr has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means you need to be careful when arranging Udyr teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Shen and Udyr together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of magical damage output. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Udyr ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Shen in order to synergize with Udyr during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Shen and Udyr synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Shen combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Udyr than with many other common builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 51.0% helping carry Udyr with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing 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. Of all the rune combinations players used for Shen and Udyr pairings, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.
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