Champion sheet · Support

Shen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

13.2%#61 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.7%picked in 1,821 of 27,189 games
Ban: 6.5%1,459 bans over 22,315 games, against 0.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Support49.0% between 43.7% and 54.2% over 241 gamesSoloQ 47.5%: no clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 27 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 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 Support.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itAftershock, then Heartsteel, Unending Despair, and Kaenic Rookern: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 90% of supports.Map pressureFrontline
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.3%
SoloQ
0.7%
6.3% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 0.7% in soloQ over 323,918 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
27 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 27 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
54%
SoloQ
56%
Played in 54% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (56%).

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Heartsteel, Unending Despair, and Kaenic Rookern: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock70% · 6,066

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite56% · 4,907

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 54% · 272 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 85% · 52 games

Core (3 legendaries)6% · 8

6%of soloQ games

Heartsteel
Unending Despair
Kaenic Rookern

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

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 90% of supports.

Absorbs damagetop10%908 · supports: 393
Map pressuretop17%5 · supports: 4.5

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

What marks it

Map pressure
Frontline

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 37 in lane, 49 in mid game and 42 in late game, out of 100 supports.

242-45 vs 288

336-6 vs 342

364-23 vs 388

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

Shensupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 75% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 37 of 100 among supports242 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 49 of 100 among supports336 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 42 of 100 among supports364 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 15 of 100 among supports-103 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 25 of 100 among supports-67 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 83 of 100 among supports5 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 90 of 100 among supports908 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 46 of 100 among supports54% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 51 of 100 among supports17% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 64 of 100 among supportsrank 64 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 42 of 100 among supports1 · median 1
Team damage · rank 41 of 100 among supports8% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.