Gravesvs Shen
Graves vs Shen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.14. Graves wins with a 83.3% win rate (+66.7%) over Shen based on 6 games. Graves holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Graves build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Graves vs Shen matchup.
Graves Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Graves performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Graves vs Shen Matchup?
Graves vs Shen Matchup Summary
The Graves vs Shen matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 6 recent matches analyzed, Graves wins with a 83.3% win rate compared to Shen's 16.7%, giving Graves a 66.7 percentage point advantage. Graves dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Shen players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in damage output, where Graves leads by 556 DMG/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Graves players can confidently pick into Shen and play aggressively from level 1. Look to establish lane dominance early through favorable trades and zone Shen away from CS whenever possible. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Graves vs Shen Laning Phase Breakdown
Graves is favored during the laning phase against Shen, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Graves holds advantages in farming, damage and gold income, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Graves Build Against Shen
Mercury's Treads is the optimal boots choice against Shen, providing the mobility and stats Graves needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Graves against Shen are The Collector, Bloodthirster and Lord Dominik's Regards. This combination gives Graves an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 2 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Shen. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Graves vs Shen matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Graves100.0%
Shen0.0%Graves66.7%Shen33.3%Graves dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 100.0% win rate — a 100.0 percentage point lead over Shen. This lopsided early game means Graves can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Graves is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 66.7% win rate — 33.3 points above Shen. Extended games heavily favor Graves, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Graves holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Shen players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Graves Runes Against Shen
Domination
Precision
Running Domination primary with Precision secondary allows Graves to press their advantage against Shen, amplifying the strengths that make this a favorable matchup.
Graves matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.14. The table below shows Graves's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Graves build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51.63% | 184 | 1.6 | 875 | 13,924 | 50.7% | 52.2% | |
| 53.25% | 154 | 1.4 | 807 | 14,031 | 51.6% | 54.4% | |
| 51.82% | 137 | 1.6 | 807 | 14,046 | 48.0% | 54.0% | |
| 46.40% | 125 | 1.6 | 835 | 13,837 | 40.4% | 50.0% | |
| 45.38% | 119 | 1.6 | 791 | 13,505 | 44.0% | 46.4% | |
| 51.82% | 110 | 1.5 | 757 | 12,884 | 56.4% | 47.3% | |
| 49.52% | 105 | 1.5 | 820 | 12,808 | 56.9% | 42.6% | |
| 49.48% | 97 | 1.5 | 834 | 13,184 | 40.5% | 56.4% | |
| 52.08% | 96 | 1.6 | 798 | 14,516 | 48.4% | 53.9% | |
| 50.53% | 95 | 1.4 | 909 | 13,029 | 61.5% | 42.9% | |
| 62.92% | 89 | 1.6 | 863 | 14,221 | 60.6% | 64.3% | |
| 49.33% | 75 | 1.5 | 730 | 11,704 | 40.0% | 57.5% | |
| 52.94% | 68 | 1.6 | 794 | 13,714 | 50.0% | 55.0% | |
| 50.75% | 67 | 1.6 | 917 | 13,837 | 37.0% | 60.0% | |
| 45.16% | 62 | 1.7 | 887 | 14,033 | 52.2% | 41.0% | |
| 55.74% | 61 | 1.5 | 850 | 13,938 | 39.1% | 65.8% | |
| 43.33% | 60 | 1.6 | 797 | 13,257 | 37.5% | 47.2% | |
| 54.24% | 59 | 1.5 | 832 | 12,103 | 57.6% | 50.0% | |
| 49.12% | 57 | 1.4 | 835 | 13,784 | 50.0% | 48.5% | |
| 47.27% | 55 | 1.4 | 800 | 13,280 | 38.5% | 55.2% | |
| 47.17% | 53 | 1.9 | 758 | 12,673 | 39.1% | 53.3% | |
| 62.26% | 53 | 1.9 | 797 | 13,281 | 57.1% | 65.6% | |
| 58.82% | 51 | 1.8 | 826 | 13,919 | 60.0% | 57.7% | |
| 48.94% | 47 | 1.5 | 872 | 12,497 | 55.2% | 38.9% | |
| 50.00% | 46 | 1.8 | 817 | 13,693 | 46.7% | 51.6% | |
| 45.45% | 44 | 1.6 | 795 | 14,002 | 46.7% | 44.8% | |
| 41.46% | 41 | 1.6 | 789 | 13,538 | 46.1% | 39.3% | |
| 41.46% | 41 | 1.6 | 867 | 13,169 | 57.9% | 27.3% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 1.8 | 924 | 14,606 | 60.0% | 43.5% | |
| 63.16% | 38 | 1.4 | 806 | 14,141 | 55.6% | 70.0% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 1.5 | 845 | 12,236 | 34.8% | 73.3% | |
| 43.24% | 37 | 1.6 | 1,021 | 14,177 | 54.5% | 38.5% | |
| 41.67% | 36 | 1.5 | 804 | 12,122 | 60.0% | 28.6% | |
| 41.67% | 36 | 1.6 | 959 | 14,402 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 51.52% | 33 | 1.9 | 771 | 14,263 | 44.4% | 54.2% | |
| 50.00% | 30 | 1.6 | 812 | 12,656 | 58.3% | 44.4% | |
| 48.15% | 27 | 2.0 | 947 | 15,203 | 62.5% | 42.1% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 1.9 | 684 | 12,809 | 50.0% | 61.5% | |
| 62.96% | 27 | 1.8 | 865 | 11,537 | 61.5% | 64.3% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 1.5 | 843 | 13,264 | 45.5% | 41.7% | |
| 27.27% | 22 | 2.1 | 947 | 11,905 | 25.0% | 28.6% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 1.2 | 843 | 11,926 | 70.0% | 44.4% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 2.4 | 832 | 14,350 | 42.9% | 50.0% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 1.8 | 752 | 12,078 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 52.63% | 19 | 1.8 | 910 | 14,175 | 40.0% | 57.1% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 1.7 | 615 | 12,542 | 57.1% | 27.3% | |
| 66.67% | 18 | 1.4 | 809 | 15,104 | 80.0% | 61.5% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 1.4 | 705 | 12,908 | 62.5% | 44.4% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 1.4 | 725 | 13,749 | 40.0% | 33.3% | |
| 68.75% | 16 | 1.6 | 921 | 13,543 | 77.8% | 57.1% | |
| 56.25% | 16 | 1.6 | 911 | 12,324 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 2.7 | 747 | 11,655 | 57.1% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 2.7 | 964 | 16,054 | 80.0% | 33.3% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 1.5 | 812 | 14,697 | 60.0% | 25.0% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 2.0 | 813 | 12,055 | 0.0% | 42.9% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 1.9 | 689 | 11,417 | 28.6% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 4.0 | 779 | 12,701 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 2.0 | 875 | 12,421 | 33.3% | 37.5% | |
| 80.00% | 10 | 1.6 | 872 | 16,252 | 100.0% | 71.4% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 2.3 | 907 | 12,616 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 1.5 | 801 | 13,045 | 20.0% | 60.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.4 | 1,068 | 15,308 | 33.3% | 80.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.2 | 639 | 8,793 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 3.0 | 896 | 14,742 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.6 | 751 | 14,043 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 3.7 | 705 | 11,227 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 7.0 | 800 | 14,012 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 7.8 | 806 | 15,932 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 1.6 | 1,127 | 13,193 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 4.0 | 1,010 | 14,274 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.4 | 1,048 | 15,995 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.3 | 925 | 12,594 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 1.6 | 587 | 11,697 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 6.4 | 761 | 8,584 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
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Graves vs Shen - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Graves do against Shen in League of Legends?
Graves wins the Graves vs Shen matchup with a 83.3% win rate compared to Shen's 16.7%, a 66.7 percentage point difference. This data is based on 6 recent ranked games in patch 26.14.
How does Graves do against Shen in the early game?
In the early game, Graves has the advantage against Shen with a 100.0% win rate versus 0.0%. Graves players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Graves do against Shen in the late game?
In the late game, Graves takes over the Graves vs Shen matchup with a 66.7% win rate compared to 33.3%. Graves scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Graves vs Shen matchup?
Graves wins the matchup against Shen with a 83.3% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.14. The 66.7 percentage point advantage means Graves is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 6 games analyzed.
What is the best Graves build against Shen?
The best Graves build against Shen includes The Collector, Bloodthirster, Lord Dominik's Regards with Mercury's Treads. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Graves runes against Shen?
The best Graves runes against Shen use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 66.7% win rate in the Graves vs Shen matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Graves counter Shen?
Yes, Graves has a favorable matchup against Shen with a 83.3% win rate. Graves strongly counters Shen in lane based on current patch 26.14 data.
How do I play Graves against Shen?
When playing Graves against Shen, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.