In-depth guide to beating Shen

Melledoneus··178 votes·5,613 views

Shen is really broken and needs nerfs, so here's a guide to beating this overpowered god.


  1. Shen's spirit sword is his only weapon. He's an idiot and leaves it lying around. Stand between Shen and the sword before going in to body block it, preventing Shen from using it. Do this every time and you are guaranteed success.

  2. When Shen is fighting you and a blue zone appears and he's inside it, use your empowered autos at that moment if you have any. Like any true video game boss, Shen will occasionally show a brief moment of weakness to attacks, and this is Shen's. Only auto attacks work, so do that and you will beat this unbalanced champion.

  3. When you push Shen to his turret, you have him on the ropes! You will be able to hit him hardest here. Dive him under his turret and make sure to waste no time walking anywhere but directly towards him. This ensures maximum efficiency when attacking him under turret, as you get to beat him. Limit your damage to auto attacks for maximum damage.

  4. Shen has tricky AI. Sometimes he will break the game and teleport to another place on the map. Do not waste time. When you see him teleporting, run to the place he is teleporting. If you react quick enough, you can catch the cowardly bastard and kill him.

  5. Shen has goons that he summons to fight you all across the map. Ignore these and focus on him, since they will despawn if Shen is defeated.

  6. When you are on a different part of the map, Shen will occasionally give one of his goons a shield. This means he's coming, so stick around the goon until he appears, then destroy him using steps 1-3.


Thaks for reading my guide to beating Shen. Let me know how it goes!

72 Comments

TyrekGoldenspear58 votes

Instructions unclear, died under turret while focusing Shen.

He used his black ninja magic and kept me from using spells when he jumped at me. You didn't warn me!

Melledoneus55 votes

Did you forget to walk in a straight line? If you only auto attack, you can trick the AI.

Spice POWAH9 votes

One of his goons keeps showing up when he's under his turret, what do I do? I keep getting so close to winning!

Melledoneus12 votes

There is an item for disabling goons if they give you too much trouble. It's this item 2047 poison vial thing. Interact with the goon beforehand and persuade them to drink the poison so they won't bother you.

Your persuasion level needs to be at least 20 so you should be able to pull it off unless you min-maxed like a moron.

Dabrick0143 votes

10/10 would read again.

Melledoneus36 votes

Thanks. It took me only 4 tries, but I finally beat him. Such a stupid boss.

nami tf29 votes

Instructions unclear

Got hammer stuck in Tristana

Melledoneus20 votes

Just pry it off and clean off the guts. Then try again.

You need to stop focusing the goons.

Sonicblaster3310 votes

Instructions unclear

Vi fisted herself

EvilUnicornLord13 votes

Poppy: "Don't look at me, it was him."

Jayce: "Excuse me, since when do I go harassing ADCs? I only harass juggernauts!"

Tristana : "Just get it out!"

TequilaZombie16 votes

I can see rule 34 working here.

EvilUnicornLord14 votes

Teemo: "Can I remove it?"

Rumble: "Are you looking for a busting, twerp?"

nami tf10 votes

Ahri "Did someone say 'busting'?"

Lulu "BUSTING????"

TequilaZombie8 votes

nose bleed intensifies

LostFr0st19 votes

{quoted}

Shen is really broken and needs nerfs, so here's a guide to beating this overpowered god.


  1. Shen's spirit sword is his only weapon. He's an idiot and leaves it lying around.

Had to take a break before reading the rest; had tears in my eyes from laughing.

Melledoneus16 votes

I know, right? Who knew the solution was that simple?

Volgorath8 votes

This belongs in Gameplay! Only there can this post enlighten anyone suffering from this overpowered champ!

Melledoneus20 votes

Sadly, gameplay is only for ranting about fish on poles, so I had to take it to the real section for games: Memes and Games.

WiegrafOfValor8 votes

I did what you told when playing as vayne, work as charm. The turret tip tho, normally I wound't dive anyone, but killing shen with a Q and a AA was really impressive.

BTW the despawn mechanic seems buggy, I had to manually despawn his goons after killing shen with 2 AA.

Keep the good work, tutorial 5/7, would vayne again.

Melledoneus9 votes

Not everyone pre-ordered and got Vayne, so keep that in mind.

OhZenny6 votes

Instructions unclear, I picked Shen and he picked Shen.

Now we just repeat steps 1-3 to no avail.

Melledoneus11 votes

I think you deserve that glitch because you hacked the game to play a raid boss.

DireXcon5 votes

Okay, but now, how do we beat Yasuo ?

IPromiseTomorrow10 votes

One must simply put into play the ultimate counter.

The ban

item 3070 Yasuo item 3070 special guests because S7 will have 10 bans item 3070 Zed Leblanc Fizz Talon Vayne Khazix Rengar Riven LeeSin item 3070

(Shaco might stay garbage due to assasin update so he isn't on here.)

PureSilvrr3 votes

Youre missingSyndra Morgana MasterYi Lux (since shes getting skins)Blitzcrank

Melledoneus30 votes

Make sure you turn the top of your umbrella against him. That way he won't be able to break it.

LostFr0st9 votes

item 3070 Shenpai plz item 3070 I'm dying here.

Melledoneus23 votes

That might happen a few times. Keep trying.

macromite3 votes

To defeat the windman all you need to do is to remind him about yone and watch him drink his guilt away. after that's done he will be too drunk to attack effectively.

EvilUnicornLord5 votes

Can I use ~ to open the command menu and /tgm to toggle god mode?

TequilaZombie16 votes

Sure you can. You just need to open the right window, which is disguised. Do the following steps:

1- Press Esc 2- Press Leave Game

Now this is important. Riot doesn't want you to open the console command, so they hide it and make you not want to use it with fake messages like "your teammates need you" "you might be penalized" and putting a wait timer. IGNORE ALL THAT. It's just there to prevent regular players from using it, while making it easy for their developers to do so.

3- Click on leave the game once the timer runs out 4- There will be a reconect button. Do not click that. The console commands only work once this has turned grey.

Side notes: It usually takes 10-30 minutes to be able to open the console command menu. Don't worry. Like in Borderlands, your progress is automatically saved once you leave.

EvilUnicornLord5 votes

Sweet!

######That's actually a legit cheat on the PC versions of most Elder Scrolls Games. Tilda opens a command menu and /tgm toggles invulnerability. Just thought you might want to know.

TequilaZombie7 votes

I've been /tgm'ing for a long time in TES. Specially when I don't feel like being slowed down by loot and can't make the goddamn coc line work.

Melledoneus14 votes

I tried this, but I only was able to get infinite mana. Any other tips?

Trekkorm3 votes

I personally find Shens pretty cute.

Aatrox Jax Irelia Kled Olaf Mordekaiser

Colombo163 votes

Except for the time where shen ignores you completely and just farms up until 6, then he'll just ult away. Can't really keep shen down if the person playing him knows what he's doing.

Trekkorm2 votes

Implying a well-farmed shen can do more to the game as a whole than a well farmed Jax, because when shen ignores me i ignore shen. And when shen realises i'm ignoring him he usually stops ignoring me, which prompts me to stop ignoring him until he starts ignoring me again.

I can beat you at your own game. :^)

Melledoneus3 votes

Darius Hah hah, I'm 6 now! I'm gonna kill- Shen Starts ulting Darius What? W-wait! Shen Teleports off Darius DON'T GOOOOOOO!!!

Baron of Bread2 votes

Darius hooks

Trekkorm1 votes

You know what one of the most satisfying things to do as a Darius is? Cancel channels with the pull. Usually prompts Shen to attempt a trade in frustration.

9kPluzZ2 votes

K

Trekkorm2 votes

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

I like you!

Can you stay? Please? You're instantly ranked up with laughing fish, tidal tyrant and Malicious Metal for me.

Melledoneus3 votes

I'm already out of their league.

...unranked, 9 out of 10 placements.

SkyBlade791 votes

I am extremely tempted to copy this and change it for a different champion, this is gold

Melledoneus5 votes

This guide has a certain format.

1.** Speak about the obvious counterplay to the bread-and-butter ability, most of the time Q.** For example, trick Fiora into losing a fight by lining up your "armor point" with her Lunge. 2. W or defensive ability and how to defeat it. For example, when Olaf yells and his hands glow red, he is injured and bleeding. Take this time to fight him and deal the most damage to him. 3. How to play into a champion's strengths like an idiot. For example, when Illaoi slams the ground and spawns multiple tentacles, center yourself between them all so that they will all collide and destroy each other. 4. Take the most unique thing about the champion and attribute it to the game makers being jerks. For example, the best way to defeat Nasus is to force him to kill minions until he commits suicide out of grief and guilt, because Riot made an AI that has feelings. 5. Emphasize the importance of focusing the wrong person. If this was about, say, Ashe, make the point that the biggest, tankiest person on her team is a minion that must be defeated before you can damage her. 6. Miscellaneous tip. Like, say, Nocturne will occasionally cause the screen to go dark. While this happens, quickly pause the game and adjust your brightness levels to the max setting. This will undo the effect.

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