Shen with Varus
How to Synergize Shen and Varus
based on 2,610 Shen with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Varus Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Varus
Tips for Playing as Shen with Varus
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 Varus Will Play
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Shen Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Shen in LoL
The Shen Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, 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 Varus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Varus helps Shen perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen tries to synergize with Varus, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Varus does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played together with Varus on the same side, 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 Varus.
Moreover, when Shen plays with Varus on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Varus does a poor job of covering Shen during teamfights.
Synergies between Shen and Varus
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Is Shen better when played alongside Varus?
There is no one best champion pairing for Shen that will no matter what be his best ally. However, overall, Varus is a very typical companion for Shen. By being on the same side as Shen, he drops their win rate by -0.4% to 49.3%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Shen and Varus that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Shen. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Varus comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Together, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by aligning Shen and Varus together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of magical damage output. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Varus ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Shen to work well with Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Shen and Varus synergy build include Thornmail, Titanic Hydra, and Hollow Radiance. When Shen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shen boasted an average winrate of 49.3% helping carry Varus with this build.
To have the highest probability 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. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.
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