Shen Top Build
The patch 26.1 Shen top build uses Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Titanic Hydra, Heartsteel, Thornmail, Sunfire Aegis, Randuin's Omen, Oracle Lens. This Shen build has a 3.33% pick rate and a 54.55% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Shen build choices below.
Ki Barrier
After casting a spell, Shen gets a shield. Affecting other champions reduces the cooldown of this effect.
Twilight Assault
Shen recalls his spirit blade to attack with it, dealing damage based on the target's max health. The attacks are greatly empowered if it collides with an enemy champion, and all collided enemies are slowed while running away from Shen.
Cost:- 140/
- 130/
- 120/
- 110/
- 100
Cooldown:- 8/
- 7/
- 7/
- 6/
- 5
Range:- 400
Spirit's Refuge
Attacks that would hit Shen or his allies near his spirit blade are blocked.
Cost:- 40
Cooldown:- 16/
- 15/
- 13/
- 12/
- 10
Range:- 400
Shadow Dash
Shen dashes in a direction, taunting enemies in his path.
Cost:- 150
Cooldown:- 18/
- 16/
- 14/
- 12/
- 10
Range:- 600
Stand United
Shen shields target allied champion from incoming damage, and soon after teleports to their location.
Cost:- 0
Cooldown:- 200/
- 180/
- 160
Range:- 35000
- Tank
Select a Shen Build
Titanic Hydra
Heartsteel
Thornmail
- Titanic Hydra
- Thornmail
Unending Despair
Hollow Radiance- Titanic Hydra
- Thornmail
Best Shen Build - Highest Win Rate Items
This Shen build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
These are Shen's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Titanic Hydra (52.1% WR, +2.7% WR diff, 59.2% pick rate) provides 600 Health, 40 AD. Heartsteel (50.5% WR, +1.0% WR diff, 36.4% pick rate) provides 900 Health. Thornmail (51.0% WR, +1.5% WR diff, 27.3% pick rate) provides 75 Armor, 150 Health. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
3,300Shen build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Health. Lower in: Gold Efficiency, Magic Resistance, Magic Damage.
Top situational items for Shen include Sunfire Aegis, Randuin's Omen. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Shen are Ionian Boots of Lucidity. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Shen is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Shen build.
Movement Speed:45
Health:2350
Attack Damage:40
Armor:200
When facing Shen's top counters like Singed, Ornn, Illaoi, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Focus on completing your core damage items before heavily investing in defensive situational items, as Shen needs sufficient damage to remain a threat in counter matchups. Adapt your final build slots with items like Sunfire Aegis or Randuin's Omen based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Shen performance.
This Shen durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 54.5% win rate across 121 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation, substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Shen build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. With a total gold cost of 15,050, this Shen build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Titanic Hydra, Heartsteel, Thornmail power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Shen build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Shen Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Shen build?
The best Shen build in this patch includes Titanic Hydra, Heartsteel, and Thornmail. This build has a 54.55% win rate and is picked 3.33% of the time.
What are Shen's core items?
Shen's core items are Titanic Hydra, Heartsteel, and Thornmail. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Shen's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Shen?
Ionian Boots of Lucidity are the best boots for Shen. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Shen's playstyle. They are included in 3.3% of Shen builds.
What is the best trinket for Shen?
Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Shen. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Oracle Lens helps Shen maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Shen builds?
Yes, alternative Shen builds include options like Titanic Hydra, Thornmail, and Unending Despair. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Shen?
MetaBot sources its build data for Shen directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Shen builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Shen. From there, we aggregate the Shen builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.