Aatrox

Used to be harder. His Q cooldown is long early, so take advantage of that. Dodge his first Q by baiting in, walking up and back, and once he has expired the time or wasted his next two Qs, you look for a trade. After lvl 2/3, you can keep doing it and forcing trades whenever he used his Qs. just make sure you are healthy enough to do that, and you will be able to get kills. At lvl 6 you have to respect his ultimate because of his healing and extra damage, and at lvl 9 his Q cooldown is much shorter, so you should keep your E for disengage unless you are fed and ahead to facetank him. Try to push level 2 first if possible as you win hard if he only has Q

Akali

She should not be able to fight you at all. Respect her Q range. If she lands her Q, she will trigger her passive bonus auto attack which you can block with your W. Wait for her to waste some energy and all In her. If you don't get an early lead, respect her lvl 6 combat ultimate. As long as you have some Mr she shouldn't be much of a problem

Akshan

As most ranged match ups, give up CS if needed for lvl 3. Conserve your HP by not putting yourself at range to being hit, and only walk up to last hit if you have your Passive or W ready to mitigate damage. If he pushes you under tower, look for taunt opportunities that will put him in tower range. I recommend TP. Platedsteelcaps and early armor can do wonders.

Camille

Camille generally starts with her W poke. you can try to stay away from range and dodge, but if you are going to get hit you can use your Ki-Barrier passive to mitigate the damage. Bait her boneplating by always hitting her with Q and Grasp, and look for tradings early as you out damage her. At lvl 3 you can use your W to mitigate her second Q true damage proc. Use W early if she is going to use the wall to stun you. She outscales you after divine sundering, so respect her items.

Cho'Gath

Avoid his E damage by not staying near the minions he is attacking. Dodge his knock up and look for early game trades. you out damage him by a lot. After level 6 he could have some kill potential if you are low hp, so play smart. Abuse him if he uses his R on minions. You should be able to get at least a couple of kills early with ignite.

Darius

Darius is one of the few match ups you can't just walk up to him. Respect his spacing, his damage and passive together can destroy you. Only walk up to him to last hit if you have passive and W ready. If you have passive and W ready you can try to bait some "shorty trades". W preventively and hit him with grasp and shieldbash. and be ready to E away after he pulls you. If you used your passive and W right, he will most likely lose the short trades. You can repeat it over and over until he is low enough for an all in with ignite for the kill. Avoid getting hit by his Q to deny him healing, but if you know you will be hit it is OK to use passive to block some of the damage. if it is safe (near your tower, and you are healthy) and he can't 100 to 0 you can use your E into him to avoid the Q damage. Darius is mostly vulnerable after he used his E and Q. If he wastes it on the wave and misses you, as long as it is not too far from your tower you could all in him.

Dr. Mundo

Use minions to block his cleave and dodge his E. You should pressure and fight him as you out damage him. Step on his cannister to deny healing and passive cooldown whenever you taunt through him. His lvl 6 gives him a lot of regen, so only fight it if you know you can kill him and has ignite to deny healing, otherwise just run and wait it out.

Fiora

Fiora does a lot of damage early. If possible, control the vitals by walking away and back to change the vital direction away from her. Don't be afraid to pull your Q and hit BACK when she tries to poke you. A big mistake Shen players do is not hitting her back. you have Ki Barrier and you are tankier against minion damage, and she is not, so you can actually come even or even win some trades by just simply hit her back. Dodge her parry at all costs as the slow allows her to burst you, and slows your atk speed to hit back. Use your W against her Second E (free crit dmg AA hurts). don't be afraid to do some all ins and disengage she is squishy and dies easily early. at lvl 6 respect her ultimate. Hug the wall and deny her from completing the full circle. When she gets divine sundering she is really hard to fight as she does a lot more damage and heals a lot more. It is my perma ban with heartsteel build because it just enables her to do more damage and heal more.

Gangplank

Use your passive Ki Barrier to deny his Q damage when last hitting. You can also use your W. lvl 2 is a good opportunity to all in him because he usually do not level up his Orange at lvl 2. Just make sure whenever you all in him, destroy barrel first. and immediately W to block his passive true damage burn. Avoid being hit by barrels as they do a lot of damage and slows you. Deny barrels whenever you can to get extra gold and deny him damage. I recommend TP

Garen

Use your Passive to block his E or Q damage and trade back. Place blade forward before lane start if possible and look for extended trades early as he will lose really hard. you can also use your W reactively to block his Q damage and silence. Respect his lvl 6 execute and make sure you are healthy to not get executed.

Gnar

He is a lane bully when mini gnar, and he outdamages you and outccs you if mega gnar. keep your distance. Use passive and W to mitigate poke damage to last hit. When he turns mega gnar make sure you keep your distance to not get stunned or thrown against the wall in his ultimate. A good time to all in him is when his MEGA GNAR bar is expiring and he is about to turn back to mini gnar. if you taunt through him right when it is expiring he will eat all your damage without being able to avoid it. repeat it over and over and go for a kill if you healthy enough. I recommend TP.

Gragas

Do not use your E against his body slam. He has priority over you and if you get hit by it he will be able to combo you. Use your E smart, after he misses his body slam, or when he is least expecting i t. you can use your W to block his empowered auto thing (has a distinctive animation). Dodge his AoE barrels poke, and as long as you do these things the lane should be easy

Gwen

She is fightable pre6. Side step a lot to deny passive/and Q damage, especially the true damage portion. and fight back when you can. With ignite most likely you can kill her. watch your Blade distance, and be careful to not pull it when she has her AoE safe zone as it denies your empowered Q if the blade is pulled from outside her safe zone. At lvl 6 she can win hard if she lands all her ultimates. so save your E to disengage. She will outscales you hard so it is important you do not feed her, and if possible some kills pre6. Rush MR 2nd item,. She is really strong if you build heartsteel because her kit does % max hp and heals her from it.

Heimerdinger

He is annoying to deal with it, but not impossible. Kill his turrets when you can and dodge his stun. if you constantly kill his turrets, he will be vulnerable to some all ins. your W block his turrets damage.

Irelia

It is mostly a skill match up. You have a kit to kill her early, and she has tools to outplay you. Dodge her E if possible, but be ready to W her all in and trades but hit her back. look for all ins early as you out damage her. respect her when she fully stacks her passive. Rushing plated if you are struggling is not a bad idea

Jax

Jax is one of the most fun and easy match ups. At lvl 1 he can win with counterstrike and lethal tempo. Most good jax players will force a trade at lvl 1, in this case just walk away and avoid getting hit by the stun, if you can't help it, pull your sword to proc your passive and deny some damage. Poke him whenever you have grasp available, and if he walks up to you to stun you, walk to him and E out immediately, this way you can stun him while dashing away from his counterstrike AoE to avoid the stun. Immediately turns and hit him, and you should win. Use your W to block his W after you start trading, and at lvl 6 you can preventively use W to block his Burst (W+Q+3rd Auto R passive). If he turns his ultimate just E out using the same strategy and wait for ultimate effect to go away. He outscales you if he rushes bork or divine sundering, especially rushing heartsteel. once you get frozenheart and plated, he is not much of an issue as long as you didn't feed him or let him take free plates/cs. either ignite or tp works here

Jayce

He does a lot of damage and can poke you. Use W and passive to mitigate damage, especially his ranged 3 fast W autos. Dodge his empowered E>Q combo, and look for all ins when he is pushed up to your tower. I recommend TP and build some armor first. He outscales you early with eclipse, so play safe but punish his bad uses of cooldowns.

K'Sante

Shen beats K'sante easy pre6. Just trade with him. Pay attention to the character cue for the knock up and dodge it. Do not use W immediately after taunt and trade, as he can disrupt you away from your W with his Charge. wait to W after. at lvl 6 he can hurt you, so save your E to disengage and pay attention if your back is to a long wall. just poke him but don' tover commit, and as long as you are healthy and he ultis, you have time and space to run away or even kill him if he is low hp.

Kayle

Used to be easier with frostfire gauntlet. but now it is a little hard to lock her down. Respect her level 1. She can autotrades you with lethal tempo. at lvl3, you can all in her and chunk her HP down, and W on your way out to deny damage. repeat the process and kill her. Do not leave her unattended . Rushing force of nature if she is going AP, or anathema's after your first item can prevent her from outscaling you too fast.

Illaoi

She is weak pre 6. You can look for trades, but dodge her tentacle slams, and W her W (leap % hp dmg auto. Side step a lot and dodge her E, and force trades if she misses it as it is your chance to kill her. Ignite is really good to deny her some healing, but if you die or get pressured in lane ignite makes you lose it easier. At lvl 6 she is a big threat if she lands her E. kill her tentacles around. Rushing anathema's 2nd is really good into her.

Kled

Avoid his Rope pull by dodging or walking away from the circled area. use your W to block his empowered auto attacks (it is W passive he glows and attacks very fast). Trade with him and keep his passive mount hp ready to b taken down. If you kill his mount, do not get baited to fight him if you don't have ignite ready and cooldowns ready. Wait it out and all in him if you have your W and ignite ready, and if you are healthy. it is your best shot to kill him.

Kennen

He is not too much of an issue. juse use passive to block his poke damage, but look for all in if you are healthy after you get lvl 2/lvl 3. once you have a little b it of MR he is not an issue at all.

Lillia

A mostly misunderstood lane. At lvl 1 place the blade if possible, and get a drag through and poke her when she walks up and Q you. do not chase her as she has more movement speed than you and will just bait you and hit you over and over. at lvl 2 you can use your E to avoid Q damage and hit her hard with empored Q. side step her W to avoid big damage, and dodge her E, and it should be a free lane. get some MR early and it is easy

Malphite

Use passive to block his poke. use your W to block his Clap damage, and all in him often. You just hard win

Mordekaiser

He is pretty weak pre 6. Just dodge his E and some Qs and all in him and you should be able to get some kills early. respect his W and do not waste your empowered Q on his shield. At lvl 6 even fi you are 2/3 kills ahead, he could still kill you if he has W up. you can maybe all in him if he wastes his on lane for healing. Ignite offers a really good kill pressure early, but I favor TP since he outscales you really hard at lvl 6 by just existing.

Nasus

Easiest lane for Shen. Just use him as a GRASP stack simulation. seriously, do not even let this guy walk up to lane. SLOWS push, do not let wave pushs too hard, so you can deny him CS/Q stacks while hitting him hard. use your W against his Q damage. Be careful with towerdiving because his Slows is OP. take ignite. At lvl 6 if he has some stacks save W for when he ultis to block some of his damage, and E away and wait ultimate out.

Olaf

Olaf is really hard at lvl 1. Respect his lvl 1, and dodge his axe throw, or even give up some cs if he is harassing you. if he lands his Q he can run you down early. wait patiently for lvl 3 and look for Taunting and short trades out. with your passive and W you should win most trades and run away without any problem if you are freezing your wave near your tower. I recommend ignite to deny him healing, if you do it correctly 2, 3 times you should be able to kill him. At lvl 6 he does a lot more damage and can break your stun, do not fight him mid lane or near his tower. And only R if you have a good wave spot or he can take down your tower really fast.

Ornn

Dodge his Q poke if possible, and stay away from his Q rock thing and walls to deny him his knockup stun. Use your W when he uses his W and applied brittle. your W can block the empowered Auto damage from brittle, and seriously, just trade, you win hard as long as you use your W right and deny him some of his cc combo.

Pantheon

Quinn

She is pretty annoying, and as most ranged match ups, use your W and passive to block poke damage to last hit, give up some cs to stay healthy. Look up for all in at lvl 3, but not make it obvious. she mostly likely will try to knock you back after you hit her, so save W and block damage on your way out. I would take TP here

Renekton

Just trade with him early. your passive and empowered Q wins hard here. respect his Fury bar, and use your W to block his stun. Some renektons make it obvious and always Stun after dash so you can react to that, some good renektons will bait your W or Stun without their dash. so use your W preventively trade, and disengage. Ignite is your best friend here.

Riven

Skill match up. her lvl 1 is really strong, do not get hit by her Qs and auto attacks early. Have patience for lvl 3, and use W when she engages you and mitigate her auto damage and some dmg with your passive and hit her back. look for all ins and punish her Q on cooldown. At lvl 6 she can 100 to 0 potential with her ultimate, so respect her. Once you build some armor, if she is not fed, you outscale her.

Rengar

He can be annoying, respect bushes and last hit minions from the side. Do not give him free jumps, After you get 2 you can bait his jump and poke him with 1 or 2 autos. at lvl 3 you can look for some all ins and disengage. As long as he doesn't get fed off you, you should destroy him when you get some armor.

Rumble

Your W has small use here, and he does a lot of sustain damage. keep your distance and dodge his torpedoes. rush double MR, look for all ins if you look healthy enough and disengage. do not stay on his ultimate.. I would take TP

Singed

Communicate with your jungler, and if possible, do not leash first wave. Escort first wave so he will not be able to successfully proxy you at lvl 1. If he tries, he will lose hard versus you and the minions, and he will be forced to back early or die. Look for trading because he is squishy. do not chase him in his mist. If he proxies later, do not chase or give up waves chasing him. ping him mia, and only try to kill him if mid or jungle is rotating over and you are not missing a wave. Rush Bami's Cinder ASAP

Sett

Sett is really strong early. He has a lot of hp regen, and base damage. Respect lvl 1 and be ready to use your passive to mitigate damage if he pulls you or hit you. but trade back if he does it. do not let him hit your for free. Once you have W and passive ready, you can walk up and use W preventively and poke him, and E out after he used his stun. If possible, dodge the true damage line of his W. if you are heathy and he used his W to poke you or push the wave, look for all ins with w to disengage. repeat it until you can all in. ignite works really well if you do it right to get kills, but he takes tower really fast, so tp is also good here.

Sion

You out trade him hard, even when he procs his shield. Also E into him when he is preparing his Q, so you can interrupt him. I prefer to dodge his Q sideways than back since it is a shorter distance to walk and easier to avoid. Do not go for bad trades or all in if you are healthy. remember, his passive can still kill you, and if you die while your wave is pushing, or if you are forced to back when wave is pushed he will take that death any day.

Tahm Kench

He is scary early, but just dodge his tongue hit, and stay within a safe distance to not get hit by his dive. once you have lvl 3, you can go for some trades, as your W blocks his autos and his CC passive won't proc, disengage and repeat you should kill him after 3, or 4 trades if you apply it successfully. if you pushing him, be careful off his ultimate because he can throw you under his tower range.

Sylas

Sylas is easy early. With ignite you should outtrade and kill him. If your ignite is on cooldown, be careful to not get baited by his healing as he can turn a fight. Once you have some MR he is not an issue. He can mirror your ultimate, so be ready to match his R or expect him to R in the same fight. so ping your team mates.

Teemo

Teemo is a lane bully. use your passive to mitigate some damage and W to mitigate some autos. his blind making all ins less efficient, but you can look for it if you are healthy. Goind mercs is not a bad idea, I generally like TP and just farm and avoid fighting unless I get jungle help

Tryndamere

He used to be easier to deal with before lethal tempo. now he outtrades you at lvl 1, so be careful. But always hit back for grasp procs and force him to drop his fury. use W to block some of his autos. at 6 make sure you are healthy. if he looks for all in under your tower, save W after he gets ready to ulti, and ignite at lasrt second so even if he kills you he most likely will die. Rush platedsteel caps, and frozen heart second item. From there he cannot do much to you anymore.

Urgot

He is really strong at level 1. If he has PTA and he lands his E on you he can 100 to 40 you. Avoid getting hit by his early strong level 1. if you dodge his E you can look for trades. At lvl 3 you can go for all ins, and W preventively in case he lands an offensive E. try to fight him at the same side to deny his passive as well. at lvl 6 he can be really dangerous, and lvl 9 he can perma minigun you. Warden's mail early does really well into him, and plates steel caps too

Volibear

Pay attention to what ability he starts. you can dodge his AoE shield. If he starts with frenzied maul, don't take extended trades to not give him healing. if he starts with Q, you can take a long trade at lvl 1. Your W can block his stun. if he charges at you and make it obvious, time your W to block his stun and hit him back, and disengage before he can get his healing proc. If he is not making his stun obvious, preventively W and trade with him melee range and disengage before he can chase you down with Q. repeat it over and over and you can kill him

Warwick

He has a lot of healing. Use your passive to mitigate his autos and hit him back with grasp and Q. when you have W, you can do some all ins and disengage. do not get baited by his low hp. He heal a lot from low hp and use barier. Only go all in if you are healthy, have all your cooldowns and ignite ready. at lvl 6 you can save your W for his ultimate. you can also time and taunt him during his ultimate jump. your taunt has prio over his ultimate.

Yone

He wins lvl 1, and lvl2. wait for lvl 3, and all in him and trade him hard. but do not be afraid to grasp poke him before that and dodge his Qs pokes and knock up. Generally, save your W when he use his E to avoid the bonus damage of his auto attacks. you should out damage him if you do that. When he hits 6 you can W preventively when he Ws you or your team mates, and block most of his burst.

Yasuo

Respect level 1 and 2. Poke him when you can to take down his passive. at lvl 3 look for all ins and you should win as long as you didn't take too much free damage. you can block his Q damage as well. at lvl 6, generally speaking I like to save W after he used his ultimate so some of his bonus armor pen after R is mitigated.

Yorick

He is really weak early, and you should take advantage of that by forcing trades, zoning him off last hits and exp if possible. Save your E during trades so you don't get caged, but if you go all in with taunts, side step immediately so you have a higher chance he will mis the cage. After lvl 6 he is a problem. kill and poke down maiden whenever possible. if he dies on a gank or you manage to kill the maiden, always pressure him hard when he has no maiden. Seriously, without maiden this guy can't do anything to you