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Shen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.9%#68 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.3%picked in 1,177 of 18,690 games
Ban: 5.6%987 bans over 17,732 games, against 0.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.8% between 47.1% and 52.5% over 917 gamesSoloQ 51.3%: no clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 26.2 min

Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 315,199 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Titanic Hydra, Dusk and Dawn, and Randuin's Omen: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 91% of top laners.FrontlineTeamfight
With / againstBetter than expected against Milio in amateur play: +26.3 pts over 36 games, range above zero.+26.3 pt36 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.4%
SoloQ
1.2%
2.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.2%
SoloQ
0.2%
5.2% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 0.2% in soloQ over 122,828 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
26.2 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 26.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Titanic Hydra, Dusk and Dawn, and Randuin's Omen: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying97% · 7,970

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport66% · 5,407

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 127 games

Core (3 legendaries)9% · 104

9%of soloQ games

Titanic Hydra
Dusk and Dawn
Randuin's Omen

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 91% of top laners.

Plays teamfightstop9%58% · top laners: 53%
Absorbs damagetop16%1,327 · top laners: 970

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight

Like other top laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 24 in lane, 38 in mid game and 27 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

553-46 vs 599

841-27 vs 868

992-88 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Shentop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 99% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 24 of 100 among top laners553 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 38 of 100 among top laners841 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 27 of 100 among top laners992 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 1 of 100 among top laners-1,012 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 1 of 100 among top laners-1,410 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 84 of 100 among top laners1,327 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 91 of 100 among top laners58% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 1 of 100 among top laners17% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 71 of 100 among top lanersrank 71 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 72 of 100 among top laners1.1 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 17 of 100 among top laners17% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Milio in amateur play: +26.3 pts over 36 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Aatrox59.1% · expected 49.0% · 44 g+10.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

K'Sante54.1% · expected 51.9% · 37 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.4

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin53.4% · expected 51.1% · 88 g+2.3 ptSoloQ +0.3

Wukong49.2% · expected 45.5% · 59 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +5.6

Sylas51.5% · expected 49.0% · 68 g+2.5 ptSoloQ +0.1

Midgap to expected

Locke73.3% · expected 52.4% · 30 g+20.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Yone59.0% · expected 46.9% · 39 g+12.1 ptSoloQ +1.3

Syndra53.4% · expected 49.5% · 58 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +1.0

Ryze59.4% · expected 51.9% · 32 g+7.4 ptSoloQ -1.5

ADCgap to expected

Lucian73.7% · expected 50.5% · 57 g+23.2 ptSoloQ -1.1

Jhin62.5% · expected 54.0% · 80 g+8.5 ptSoloQ -1.4

Kai'Sa55.6% · expected 49.4% · 72 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +3.5

Supportgap to expected

Milio77.8% · expected 51.5% · 36 g+26.3 ptSoloQ +3.7

Nautilus54.5% · expected 51.1% · 88 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +0.2

Alistar56.4% · expected 48.8% · 39 g+7.6 ptSoloQ -0.2

Seraphine49.1% · expected 48.2% · 53 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.2

Braum48.1% · expected 47.6% · 54 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -1.1

With

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV51.7% · expected 48.1% · 60 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +3.8

Wukong55.7% · expected 54.1% · 70 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -3.6

Nocturne53.3% · expected 47.2% · 30 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +7.6

Sylas52.6% · expected 50.7% · 57 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +3.0

Viego54.3% · expected 49.6% · 35 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +3.0

Midgap to expected

Viktor60.6% · expected 50.0% · 71 g+10.6 ptSoloQ -2.4

Lissandra59.0% · expected 48.1% · 39 g+10.8 ptSoloQ +0.3

Orianna52.4% · expected 46.2% · 42 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -2.4

Akali50.0% · expected 48.9% · 30 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +2.8

ADCgap to expected

Jhin60.0% · expected 45.7% · 60 g+14.3 ptSoloQ +1.7

Ezreal55.9% · expected 45.5% · 59 g+10.5 ptSoloQ -2.3

Aphelios53.3% · expected 45.4% · 45 g+8.0 ptSoloQ -1.5

Jinx59.6% · expected 53.9% · 57 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -2.2

Caitlyn52.2% · expected 52.0% · 92 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -2.0

Supportgap to expected

Karma57.1% · expected 47.6% · 42 g+9.5 ptSoloQ -1.5

Blitzcrank59.6% · expected 51.0% · 47 g+8.6 ptSoloQ -0.3

Nautilus52.7% · expected 48.6% · 93 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Milio54.5% · expected 48.2% · 44 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -1.9

Braum55.2% · expected 52.0% · 67 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -1.4

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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