Tier B Defender · Shen: comp guide
Style: Level 7Defender · Shen is a tier B comp in patch 18.5: average placement 5.05 and top 4 in 39% of 225 games from Platinum to Challenger. Shen carries with Thief's Gloves, Nashor's Tooth, Sterak's Gage. Level 7.
- Avg
- 5.05
- Top 4
- 39%
- 1st
- 9%
- Games
- 225
- Level
- 7
Set 18 Patch 18.5 77,232 high-elo games Games from 6 Oct to 20 Oct
Early comps
what to open with to reach the final comp in good shape
Item priority
2 of them
The items the comp's units want most.
Carries
Traits
Approximate layout
Worked out by role (range, health and items). Faded = flexible.
Leveling
- Lvl 42-1
- Lvl 52-5
- Lvl 63-2
- Lvl 73-5
- Lvl 84-2
Roll down for the comp at level 8 (4-2). A guideline, based on the comp's style.
Stage 2 · level 4-5 · what to open with to reach the final comp in good shape
Transition · level 6-7 · before switching into the final comp
Riot only provides the board each player ends with, not how it looked in stage 2 or 3: we calculate these openers from the comp's traits, the units that stay in the final board and each unit's strength in high elo. Gold border: the ones that stay.
Carry items (Shen)
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Components of its 3 main items: 2× Sparring Gloves, 2× Giant's Belt, Recurve Bow, B.F. Sword.
Items per champion
Best items per champion (in any comp)
Roles
Deduced from the data: the secondary carry is the champion with the most damage items after the carry; the frontline, melee champions or those with tank items.
Core champions
Leonain 84% · 2.1★ on averageOrnnin 66% · 2.0★ on averageShenin 100% · 2.3★ on averageCassiopeiain 68% · 2.6★ on averageRammusin 72% · 2.5★ on averageFiddlesticksin 74% · 2.3★ on averageLilliain 66% · 1.6★ on averageFlexible champions
Champions by cost
Cost 1-2 · the first you'll find
Cost 3 · the middle of the game
Cost 4-5 · the final board
Related comps
They share core champions: use them to pivot if yours gets tough.
More about the comp
Why play this comp?
- Tier B: average placement 5.05 and top 4 in 39% of 225 high-elo games.
- Clear build: Shen carries Thief's Gloves, Nashor's Tooth, Sterak's Gage (Thief's Gloves in 90% of games).
- Late-game comp: reaches level 7 with 1 cost 4-5 champions in its core.
When not to play it
- Below the meta comps' average (5.05 against 4.49).
- If you don't get components for Shen: its items need 2× Sparring Gloves, 2× Giant's Belt, Recurve Bow, B.F. Sword.
Based on the comp's high-elo stats; the style is deduced from the carry's cost and stars and the final level.
No augments: the Riot API doesn't include augments in match data, so there are no reliable stats for them.