What are the best runes for Shen Support?

Aftershock in Resolve with Domination secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (46.4% win rate).

What is the best build for Shen?

Rush Protoplasm Harness, Locket of the Iron Solari and Zeke's Convergence. It wins 52.3% of Support games on patch 26.20.

Is Shen good on patch 26.20?

Shen has a 48.1% win rate in Support this patch, which makes it a balanced pick.

Rell, Braum, Lulu are among the strongest counters to Shen Support this patch, by ranked win rate.

Shen build

Support · patch 26.20

Shen is currently a balanced Support pick on patch 26.20, holding a 48.1% win rate across 11,361 games (0.7% pick rate, 0.7% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 52.1% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

48.1%

Pick

0.7%

Ban

0.7%

Games

11,361

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 52.3% win ratevs 48.1% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start48.2%+0.1

First back

Core · in order52.3%

The whole build

Boots47.8%−0.3

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

46.4% win rate

Resolve

Domination

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min48.0%

25-30 min48.2%

30-35 min48.3%

35-40 min47.4%

40+ min52.1%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

50.0%

48.2%

26.1126.1226.1326.1426.1526.1626.1726.1826.1926.20

// Matchups · who beats ShenAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Protoplasm Harness, Locket of the Iron Solari and Zeke's Convergence; this core wins 52.3% of Support games; Aftershock is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.