Click to open network menu
Join or Log In
Mobafire logo - Happy Halloween

Join the leading League of Legends community. Create and share Champion Guides and Builds.

Create an MFN Account






Or

Community celebration time! Share a Halloween story or creation to enter our Special Halloween Giveaway! Less than 24 hours remaining. 🎃
Shen Build Guide by Racz

Top Racz's Detailed Shen Guide [13.6]

Top Racz's Detailed Shen Guide [13.6]

Updated on April 1, 2023
8.6
12
Votes
1
Vote Vote
League of Legends Build Guide Author Racz Build Guide By Racz 12 1 11,822 Views 2 Comments
12 1 11,822 Views 2 Comments League of Legends Build Guide Author Racz Shen Build Guide By Racz Updated on April 1, 2023
x
Did this guide help you? If so please give them a vote or leave a comment. You can even win prizes by doing so!
Vote
Comment

You must be logged in to comment. Please login or register.

I liked this Guide
I didn't like this Guide
Commenting is required to vote!
Would you like to add a comment to your vote?

Your votes and comments encourage our guide authors to continue
creating helpful guides for the League of Legends community.

Runes: Main runes (TOP & MID)

1 2
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Shield Bash
Second Wind
Revitalize

Domination
Cheap Shot
Ultimate Hunter
Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

1 2 3
Main spells (Flash & Ignite)
LoL Summoner Spell: Flash

Flash

LoL Summoner Spell: Ignite

Ignite

Threats & Synergies

Threats Synergies
Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny
Show All
None Low Ok Strong Ideal
Extreme Threats
Ideal Synergies
Synergies
Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Champion Build Guide

Racz's Detailed Shen Guide [13.6]

By Racz
Table of Contents

Introduction
My background with League of Legends

Pros & Cons
Strengths & Weaknesses

Mechanics
Mechanics, Ability and Trading explanation
About me
I started playing 3-4 years ago, I always liked Shen but I never played him much. But 1 year ago I picked up top lane and started playing him. In 1-2 years I learned a lot about every champion and item but I always focused on Shen, I fell in love with his playstyle and the opportunities he gives. I like to experience a lot of new builds myself, even if they don't work the way I imagined It's still fun and I can learn from it.

And please excuse that sometimes there are some grammatical errors in this guide, I'm originally from Hungary and never learned english in school.

Now enjoy the guide!

Pros & Cons

Pros

→ Strong early game
→ Extremely enjoyable champion
→ Pllaying him expands skills
→ Lots of opportunities
→ Admirable and straightforward kit
→ Not difficult to climb in SoloQ

Cons

→ Needs map-awarness
→ High skill ceiling
→ Lots of concentration
→ Precise ultimate usage
→ Requires knowledge about matchups
→ No legendary skin??
3 Most Important Shen Mechanics
Q + Flash



E + Flash



Q + E + Flash [Useful for fast burst]

Ability explanation
#1.
Stand United

6 / 11 / 16
#2.
Twilight Assault

1 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 9
#3.
Shadow Dash

2 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 13
#4.
Spirit's Refuge

4 / 14 / 15 / 17 / 18
> > >


The most important Shen ability is Stand United, because It's so powerful to save the adc in a teamfight, or a teammate is able to survive a towerdive. It's powerful but for beginner players It's hard the perfect timing with it, but if you keep playing the champion slowly you will get used to always watching the map and all the lanes in the game.
The second most important is of course the Twilight Assault, when it goes through an enemy champion it gets a buff, which means that your AA power and speed is increased. The position of your blade is very important in the laning phase. [Look at the picture below and read the trading chapter for easier understanding].
Shadow Dash plays a very important role in Shen's kit, if you dash through an enemy you taunt them for 1.5 second and deal physical damage to them. If you go through more than 1 enemy it taunts them too. Taunt means that the enemy you dashed through starts following you and slowy attacking.
Spirit's Refuge creates a defensive zone around Shen's blade for 1.75 which blocks every auto attack that would hit Shen OR the allies that stand in the zone. In teamfights It's very important to cast the abilty at the right time so it blocks a lot of damage.

Example


"Offensive" blade positioning






"Defensive" blade positioning






Now I don't want you to get confused with the offensive and defensive blade positioning. If you scroll back a little bit and look at the Q + E + Flash combo, the blade is not at the back of the enemy, but that doesn't mean it's "defensive". The offensive/defensive spirit blade refers to the laning phase.
Extended and short trades

oooSo you want to learn trading fast? Okay, I can put it in 2 ways to you.



Extended trade
✦ So what's exactly is an extended trade? Of course it's a trade that's extended but what are the components? How do I do it with Shen?
Well I don't like to say that these are the "combos" for an extended trade, because there's no such a thing in LoL as "combos". We just say that so the players can understand it easier. But anyways here's the "combo" for the extended trade with Shen.

✦ With this strategy we can deal 6 AA's + E! That's a lot of damage in such a short time, almost no other toplaner can match up to it.
> > > > >



✦ Shen can also do an extended trade from a defensive blade position.
It's basically the same combo as the one before but without the first Q which means we lost out on 3 empowered AA's.

> > >





Short trade
✦ A short trade is basically dealing xy damage to an enemy champion quickly in the laning phase. Shen's short trade is the empowered Q.

> > >


Defensive and Offensive blade positions
Defensive
This happens when we're agianst a champion that counters us and we can't push in the lane, therefore we can't place the blade behind the enemy either. In this situation we're waiting for our jg to help and when he comes we taunt him and beat him up. BUT if the jungler isn't coming we can taunt the enemy under turret if he comes close where we can kill him/lower his health so he backs. This happens a lot of times because people get overconfident very quick.
Offensive
We have our blade in an offensive position, which is behind the enemy champion. We do this when we're dominant in the lane and we know can win short/extended trades. A lot of player undervalues Shen's empowered Q's damage.
Skin tier list
Final Thoughts

We finally came to an end, I'm quite happy of what I've made, but of course there's always room for improvement. This is the first guide I've ever done, BBCode got me a little confused at the start and I started writing in Python format. I worked on it for a day 24/7, at the end I got tired like a baby. Jhojhoi's Mobafire guide helped a lot honestly, there were a lot of stuff I just couldn't figure out. I'm thinking about some other guides to make, but for now I'm satisfied with this work.
Thank you for anyone who read this through!

Download the Porofessor App for Windows

League of Legends Champions:

Teamfight Tactics Guide