- Win Rate
- 51.5%
- Pick Rate
- 2.5%
- Ban Rate
- 0.9%
Shen vs Alistar
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 4,494
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 17, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Shen vs Alistar is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.20. Shen wins with a 50.0% win rate (+0.0%) over Alistar based on 20 games. Shen wins the early laning phase while Alistar scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Shen build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Shen vs Alistar matchup.
Shen Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Shen 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 Shen vs Alistar?
Shen wins 43.8% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 23.1% and 66.8% (95% range).
- Expected
- 51.1% From both champions' overall Support win rates
- Matchup effect
- −7.4 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 16 games Lane: Support
- vs patch 26.19
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Support · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.20 · Oct 10 – Oct 11
They also met in another lane (Top): 3 games, Shen won 66.7%.
Key takeaways
- Only 16 Shen vs Alistar games were recorded in the Support role on patch 26.20 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Shen and Alistar played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Shen's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Shen vs Alistar Laning Stats
Only 16 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Shen vs Alistar Win Rate by Game Length
Shen's win rate against Alistar by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Shen's results against Alistar in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Shen vs Alistar Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Shen Changes Against Alistar
Only 16 games so far — too few to compare what Shen players do in this matchup with their usual choices (needs 20).
Best Shen Build vs Alistar
Usual Shen build (Support)
83.3% win rate · 12 games
Against Alistar
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 0 of 16 Shen games against Alistar carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Shen's standard build instead.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Shen Runes vs Alistar
Usual Shen runes (Support)
Grasp of the Undying
58.8% win rate · 153 games
Against Alistar
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Shen draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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- Lane matchup win rates
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Shen matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.20. The table below shows Shen'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 Shen build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Shen Matchups
Hardest for Shen
Easiest for Shen
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Shen vs Alistar FAQ - Patch 26.20
Who wins Shen vs Alistar?
Only 16 Shen vs Alistar games were recorded in the Support role on patch 26.20 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
What is Shen's win rate against Alistar?
Shen wins 43.8% of 16 Support games against Alistar on patch 26.20 (95% range 23.1–66.8%). Based on both champions' overall Support win rates, 51.1% would be expected.
Does Shen counter Alistar?
There are only 16 Shen vs Alistar games in this lane on patch 26.20 — too few to answer reliably yet.
Who wins lane, Shen or Alistar?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (16) to say who wins lane.
Does Shen outscale Alistar?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Alistar strongest against Shen?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Alistar is ahead of Shen beyond the margin of error.
What should Shen build against Alistar?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Shen's usual Support core: Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, Protoplasm Harness.
What runes should Shen use against Alistar?
Use Shen's usual Grasp of the Undying page (Resolve + Domination); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.