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Shen's base stats are horrid. Oh, and Sion's.

CrimsonCobra3·3/2/2017, 7:46:13 PM·2 votes·1,359 views

I've been doing some data analysis, so far just creating a matrix of champion tankiness stats, and how they compare to the average. As I was reviewing the data, I discovered two outliers that shocked me. 1) Sion is worse than the average in terms of both physical and magic damage. (Effectively requiring 10% PD and 3% MD less damage to kill than the average.) And 2) perhaps more shocking, Shen is down 2% PD and up 3% MD compared to the average, though most tanks are 6%+ over the average at least. (Note that the numbers I provided are the averages over the course of the game, and the champions level.)

This shocked me because, first, Sion is always considered a mega-tank, but in actuality he's way worse than the average league champ if it weren't for his health stacking W. (in terms of base stats anyway. His W is also a shield, and he's just as much a threat dead as alive.) Secondly, I'm shocked because Shen's always felt kind of tough to me and now I know why. He needs to be tanky in order to do his job, but before he gets items (which he has trouble doing since he's so vulnerable to harass) he has some of the worst tank stats in the game. (Most tanks start off and end way better than him.)

Anyway, I just wanted to write that out because it weirded me out. Have a good day all!

~CrimsonCobra3

15 Comments

TheHappyReaperz3/2/2017, 7:51:27 PM3 votes

Shen's low stats are, in part, due to the passive shield he gets, as well as the zone he creates, that blocks AA damage. Similar to how Sion is a threat after death, Shen is a threat anywhere on the map, because of his ultimate. While there are other reasons he has such low stats, these are the ones that stand out the most, to me at least.

PermabannedGaren3/2/2017, 11:31:30 PM2 votes

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.deaths&order=ascend&roleSort=Top

Statistically there is not a single top laner in the game that dies less often than Shen.

Ralanr3/2/2017, 7:50:35 PM1 votes

Sion's poor stats are to compensate for his stacking and Shen's shield passive is supposed to help him early when used well.

Honestly I don't think Sion needs such poor base stats because he's supposed to be very hard to kill. Tanks are meant to be the most tanky right?

Kaioko3/2/2017, 11:24:28 PM1 votes

Both of them have abilities that make up for that. In Shen's case it's the passive that scales based on a % health and can be up a majority of the time if you're hitting champions. In Sion's case, it's the infinite health stacking.