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Shen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

19.2%#31 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.5%picked in 485 of 6,487 games
Ban: 11.7%379 bans over 3,246 games, against 0.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Top45.7% between 41.6% and 49.8% over 392 gamesSoloQ 51.5%: clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 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 tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Win rateDraftLengthSpells
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 Nautilus in amateur play: +14.4 pts over 39 games, range above zero.+14.4 pt39 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
45.7%
SoloQ
51.5%
45.7% win rate in amateur play over 392 games, against 51.5% in soloQ over 16,911 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.0%
SoloQ
2.2%
3.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
12.1%
SoloQ
0.9%
12.1% ban rate in amateur play over 1,886 games, against 0.9% in soloQ over 129,307 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
61%
SoloQ
63%
Played in 61% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (63%).

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 Undying98% · 16,504

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite63% · 10,705

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 61% · 394 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 59 games

Core (3 legendaries)15% · 532

15%of soloQ games

Titanic Hydra
Dusk and Dawn
Randuin's Omen

Amateur: Titanic Hydra, Dusk and Dawn, Kaenic Rookern (16%), gap not settled

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 Nautilus in amateur play: +14.4 pts over 39 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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong48.1% · expected 45.8% · 52 g+2.3 ptSoloQ +1.5

Midgap to expected

Orianna55.6% · expected 45.7% · 36 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -3.1

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus56.4% · expected 42.1% · 39 g+14.4 ptSoloQ +1.8

Lulu48.8% · expected 48.5% · 43 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

With

Junglegap to expected

Wukong50.0% · expected 45.5% · 58 g+4.5 ptSoloQ 0.0

Vi48.6% · expected 46.1% · 37 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +7.0

Midgap to expected

Ahri53.3% · expected 45.0% · 45 g+8.3 ptSoloQ -0.5

Orianna51.4% · expected 45.6% · 37 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -1.0

Syndra51.5% · expected 46.5% · 33 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -0.3

ADCgap to expected

Yunara56.1% · expected 47.9% · 41 g+8.2 ptSoloQ -1.8

Kai'Sa50.0% · expected 42.7% · 36 g+7.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

Jinx44.2% · expected 43.6% · 52 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +1.2

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus51.1% · expected 49.3% · 47 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +2.0

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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