Racz's Detailed Shen Guide [13.6]
Build Guide By Racz
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Recommended Items
Runes: Main runes (TOP & MID)
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2
Resolve
Domination
+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)
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![LoL Summoner Spell: Ignite]()
Flash
Ignite
Items
TOP
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First items (TOP)
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First back (TOP)
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NEVER FORGET TO BUY CONTROL WARDS
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2nd item (TOP & MID)
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3rd item (TOP)
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Ability Order
Ki Barrier (PASSIVE)
Shen Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Threats
Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
Show All
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Extreme Threats
Ideal Synergies
Aatrox
Strong agianst you, try to W his AA. Dodging his Q's are key in this matchup. Bramble vest early is a good choice in this lane. Play passive, he wins extended trades.
Shaco
You can ult him when he's invisible and the 2 of you can get behind an enemy team.
Synergies
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Shaco
You can ult him when he's invisible and the 2 of you can get behind an enemy team.
Champion Build Guide
Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Pros & Cons
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Mechanics
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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!
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
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3 Most Important Shen Mechanics
Q + Flash
E + Flash
Q + E + Flash [Useful for fast burst]
E + Flash
Q + E + Flash [Useful for fast burst]
Ability explanation
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#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 |
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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.
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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.
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Defensive and Offensive blade positions
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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. |
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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!
Racz
Shen Guide
Racz's Detailed Shen Guide [13.6]
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