Shen — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Shen in League of Legends: Classic, who Shen beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run top. Patch 26.17.

Shen is weak against

Teemo top
Ranged poke beats your melee sustain trade and blind kills your damage.
Nasus top
He outscales you and Wither removes your all-in entirely.

Shen is strong against

Jax top
Vorpal Blade sustain and taunt let him survive your dueling window into teamfight relevance.
Pantheon top
Vorpal Blade sustains through your poke and he outscales you into teamfights.

Shen Season 3 build

Start:

Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Core:

Sunfire CapeSpirit VisageWarmog's Armor

Pure tank. Your job is the global ult, not damage.

Shen rune page

9× Minor Mark of Armor9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist3× Quintessence of Health

Doubling armor runes is what makes an early Cloth Armor start unkillable against AD tops. Health quints beat armor quints when you expect mixed damage.

Shen masteries

9/21/0 Defense. Honor Guard is flat percentage damage reduction from everything. Juggernaut and Block are what make you unkillable to an AD top.

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