CHAMPIONSShen
Shen
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Shen

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Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
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So it's just a base value of AD which is kind of mid to be honest with you. But Shen overall still a very solid top laner. Um you can split push, you can use your ultimate during team fights and you can still do quite a bit of damage.
itzstu4rt · patch 7.1b · (14:35)
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1e in [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26)
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside builds above (2026-05-26)
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
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Tier history

9 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdeviljungleC=2026-05-19
7.1ehellsdevilbaronS=2026-05-19
7.1eroyaljungleS=2026-05-17
7.1eroyalbaronS=2026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtbaronA·2026-05-08
7.1droyaljungleS·2026-05-08
7.1droyalbaronS·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdeviljungleC·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdevilbaronS·2026-05-08
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR50.36%PR1.40%BR0.06%
Items (in order)
Heartsteel
HeartsteelIncrease Maximum Health
  • +700 Max Health
  • +150% Health Regen
  • +20 Ability Haste

Colossal Consumption: While within 700 units of an enemy champion, charges for 2.5 seconds before dealing a huge strike against the enemy champion. This charged attack deals bonus physical damage equal to 140 + 3.5% of maximum Health, and grants maximum Health equal to 15% of the damage dealt. The charge for each target has a 20 second cooldown.

3000 gold
Plated Steelcaps
Plated SteelcapsReduces Physical Damage
  • +150 Max Health
  • +50% Health Regen
  • +20 Armor
  • +45 Move Speed.
900 gold
Sunfire Aegis
Sunfire AegisBurns nearby emenies
  • +425 Max Health
  • +15 Ability Haste

Immolate: While in combat, deal magic damage equal to 16-25 plus 0.8% bonus HP per second to nearby enemies. Damaging champions or epic monsters with Immolate increases its damage by 11% for 5s, stacking up to 4 times.

Flametouch: At max Immolate stacks, attacks burn enemies around you for 50% of Immolate's damage over 3 seconds. Immolate dela 130% damge to monsters an 175-250% () + 40% bonus damage to minions.

2900 gold
Thornmail
ThornmailReflects damage and reduces enemy healing
  • +200 Max Health
  • +75 Armor

Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.

Entwine: Aply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damge to them.

2700 gold
Force of Nature
Force of NatureStacking Magic Resist and Move Speed
  • +350 Max Health
  • +60 Magic Resistance

Storm: +5% Move Speed.

Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%.

2750 gold
Amaranth's Twinguard
Amaranth's TwinguardIn-combat durability
  • +60 Armor
  • +60 Magic Resistance

Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion.

3100 gold
Runes
Grasp of the Undying
KeystoneGrasp of the Undying
Grasp of the UndyingKeystone

Entering combat generates one stack every second for the next 3 seconds. Additional stacks may be generated by re-entering combat after 2 seconds. After reaching 4 stacks, your next basic attack within 6 seconds against an enemy champion consumes all stacks to deal 2% of your maximum health in bonus magic damage, restore 2.5% of your maximum health, and permanently grant 10 bonus health. The empowered attack duration refreshes whenever going in combat. On ranged champions, all effects are reduced by 40%.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Demolish
DemolishMinor · Resolve

When within 550 range of an enemy turret, gain a charge every 0.5s, up to 6 times. When fully charged, your next attack against the turret deals an additional 200 + 30% Max HP physical damage. (35s cooldown)

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Second Wind
Second WindMinor · Resolve

Gain 5 health every 5 seconds. After taking damage from an enemy champion regenerate 6 (+2% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Overgrowth
OvergrowthMinor · Resolve

When 1 monster or 2 minions are killed nearby, permanently gain 3 Max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains bonus 3% Max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Sudden Impact
Sudden ImpactMinor · Domination

Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 10–80 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s. (10s cooldown) The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels: Level 5: Deal an additional 10 true damage. Level 9: Deal an additional 20 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QEW
Spells
FlashFlashIgniteIgnite

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-shen-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Plated Steelcaps OR Mercury's Treads — depending on enemy composition (physical vs. magic damage)
  • Thornmail — vs. healing/sustained auto-attack damage
  • Force of Nature — vs. magic-heavy teams

Counters / threats: Rumble, Vladimir, Pantheon, Aurora, Ryze, Aatrox, Darius, Fiora

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Commentary

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itzstu4rtauto· Auto-extracted commentary (iTzSTU4RT, 7.1b)
patch 7.1b

Generated by /wr-extract from iTzSTU4RT's patch 7.1b video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1b analysis (iTzSTU4RT) sections above. Baron "So it's just a base value of AD which is kind of mid to be honest with you. But Shen overall still a very solid top laner. Um you can split push, you can use your ultimate during team fights and you can still do quite a bit of damage." (14:35)

itzstu4rtauto· Baron
patch 7.1b·baron

So it's just a base value of AD which is kind of mid to be honest with you. But Shen overall still a very solid top laner. Um you can split push, you can use your ultimate during team fights and you can still do quite a bit of damage.(14:35)

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Patch notes

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