Tank build for global presence: Shen wins when he threatens a serious side lane while keeping the right to turn any distant exchange into brutal numbers advantage. The build must therefore hold lane durability, side pressure, and ultimate impact together.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,250 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against physical damage (AD) compositions.
14,400 total cost +150g
Physical-damage enemy team: Darius, Lee Sin, Lucian.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against magic damage (AP) compositions.
14,500 total cost +250g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,250 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against physical damage (AD) compositions.
14,400 total cost +150gPhysical-damage enemy team: Darius, Lee Sin, Lucian.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against magic damage (AP) compositions.
14,500 total cost +250g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Shen does not need to deal damage to be useful: he must survive the key moment of fights. The build aims to absorb initial burst and stay long enough to protect and reposition allies.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
trades with Q auto passive (Spirit Blade) activate Grasp to a HP progressif.
Your split push builds pressure while R looms — every window becomes plates.
sustain in lane strengthened by his shield passive Ki Barrier.
Accumulated HP to that the R Stand United protects effectively the allies at range.
Your E taunt is a dash — true damage rides the empowered autos after every engage.
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Brutal
Demolish
