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Shen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.5%#61 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.6%picked in 197 of 2,989 games
Ban: 5.9%128 bans over 2,177 games, against 1.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top37.9% between 31.8% and 44.3% over 161 gamesSoloQ 51.0%: clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 28.2 min

Amateur: 3,003 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 260,254 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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
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
37.9%
SoloQ
51.0%
37.9% win rate in amateur play over 161 games, against 51.0% in soloQ over 11,568 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.7%
SoloQ
2.2%
2.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.8%
SoloQ
1.2%
5.8% ban rate in amateur play over 1,653 games, against 1.2% in soloQ over 127,669 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
28.2 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 28.2 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
55%
SoloQ
64%
Played in 55% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (64%).

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% · 11,267

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite64% · 7,343

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 55% · 179 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 33 games

Core (3 legendaries)15% · 427

15%of soloQ games

Titanic Hydra
Dusk and Dawn
Randuin's Omen

Amateur: Titanic Hydra, Dusk and Dawn, Kaenic Rookern (18%), 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?

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.