In-depth guide to beating Shen

Melledoneus·11/7/2016, 6:09:10 PM·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

TyrekGoldenspear11/7/2016, 6:51:17 PM58 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!

Dabrick0111/7/2016, 6:12:25 PM43 votes

10/10 would read again.

nami tf11/7/2016, 6:12:07 PM29 votes

Instructions unclear

Got hammer stuck in Tristana

LostFr0st11/7/2016, 6:47:46 PM19 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.

WiegrafOfValor11/7/2016, 9:20:56 PM8 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.

Volgorath11/7/2016, 7:38:58 PM8 votes

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

OhZenny11/7/2016, 10:26:03 PM6 votes

Instructions unclear, I picked Shen and he picked Shen.

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

DireXcon11/7/2016, 7:51:53 PM5 votes

Okay, but now, how do we beat Yasuo ?

EvilUnicornLord11/7/2016, 7:56:13 PM5 votes

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

Trekkorm11/8/2016, 5:38:33 AM3 votes

I personally find Shens pretty cute.

Aatrox Jax Irelia Kled Olaf Mordekaiser

Trekkorm11/8/2016, 5:36:11 AM2 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.

9kPluzZ11/8/2016, 1:38:15 AM2 votes

K

SkyBlade7911/8/2016, 2:34:47 PM1 votes

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