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Comp identity — Top / Support

Leans Protect — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Protectnatural · 60%
Splitnatural · 60%
Attackworkable · 40%
Shen keeps the hypercarry alive with peel and sustain. Enough Split and Attack sits in the kit to threaten a side lane once the map opens. Passive Ki Barrier shields Shen after ability use and has its cooldown reduced further for hitting champions with abilities.

Kit quirks

Passive Ki Barrier shields Shen after ability use and has its cooldown reduced further for hitting champions with abilities
W (Spirit's Refuge) creates a zone that blocks ALL non-turret basic attacks for 1.75s once triggered
R (Stand United) is a global 3s channel that shields an ally scaling with their missing HP, then teleports Shen to their side
Q (Twilight Assault)'s empowered-attack window lasts a flat 8 seconds while its cooldown drops to as low as 5s at max rank — at high ranks the window actually outlasts the cooldown, letting a pre-cast Q chain into itself with zero downtime.

How Shen actually performs in ranked solo queue · 72 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Top49% WR · 44.3 games
Support50% WR · 22.5 games
Jungle50% WR · 3.9 games
Mid51% WR · 1.5 games
Bot50% WR · 0.2 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Shen's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Shen beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Cloud68%vs 60% avg+8pp34g

Mountain (Earth)64%vs 59% avg+4pp33g

Hextech59%vs 62% avg-3pp32g

Ocean72%vs 63% avg+10pp29g

Infernal67%vs 60% avg+7pp24g

Chemtech59%vs 62% avg-3pp22g

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Shen — The Eye of Twilight

Class: Warden
Resource: Energy
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Positions: Top
Released: 2010-03-24 (V1.0.0.81)
Last changed: V26.22
Price: 1,575 BE · 790 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	610	+99	2293
Health regen (per 5s)	8.5	+0.75	21.25
Energy	400	—	400
Energy regen (per 5s)	50	—	50
Armor	34	+4.2	105.4
Magic resist	32	+2.05	66.85
Attack damage	64	+3	115
Attack speed	0.751	+3%	1.083
Attack speed ratio	0.651
Attack range	125
Movement speed	340

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 400
Selection height: 175
Selection radius: 100
Pathing radius: 35
Attack cast time (s): 0.2667
Attack total time (s): 1.536

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.95 · damage taken ×1.05

One for All: damage dealt ×0.95

URF: damage dealt ×1 · damage taken ×1.05

Abilities

Passive

Ki Barrier

Static cooldown: 11

Innate: After completing an ability's effects, Shen grants himself a shield for 47 – 128.59 (based on level) (+ 13% bonus health) for 2.5 seconds. If Shen affects at least one other champion with an ability, Ki Barrier's cooldown is reduced by 4 – 8.25 (based on level) seconds.

Shen manifests a Spirit Blade that he can control with Twilight Assault and Spirit's Refuge.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: Self

Notes (7)

The Spirit Blade spawns with Shen, teleports closer to him if he gets too far away, and instantly blinks to him if he uses any global blink ( Teleport, Recall, or Stand United). It will also dissappear if Shen dies and reappear upon respawning.
Enemies see an arrow pointing from Shen to the location of his Spirit Blade even if it is not visible.
Twilight Assault will grant the shield if the Spirit Blade reaches Shen. If it is stopped, no shield is granted. It will grant the cooldown reduction upon hitting an enemy champion.
Spirit's Refuge will grant the shield and/or the cooldown reduction after the protective zone disappears. It does not need to block attacks to trigger the cooldown reduction, just touch an ally champion at any point of the duration.
Shadow Dash will grant the shield when the dash ends. It will grant the cooldown reduction upon hitting an enemy champion.
If the dash is interrupted, the shield will instead be received the moment the crowd control source is applied, before damage calculation (if any).
Stand United will give the shield and/or the cooldown reduction upon completing the channel.

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown now scales past level 18 by 0.125 seconds per level.

Twilight Assault

Cost: 140 / 130 / 120 / 110 / 100 energyCooldown: 8 / 7.25 / 6.5 / 5.75 / 5Cast time: noneEffect radius: GlobalWidth: 160Speed: 2000 - 5000

Active: Shen recalls his Spirit Blade to him. Enemy champions hit by the Spirit Blade along its path are slowed for the next 2 seconds while moving away from Shen.

Slow: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45%

Once it arrives, Shen empowers his next 3 basic attacks within 8 seconds to gain 75 bonus range and deal bonus magic damage on-hit. Against structures, only the flat damage portion is applied.

Bonus Magic Damage: 10 – 40 (based on level) (+ 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4% (+ 1.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)
Total Magic Damage: 30 – 120 (based on level) (+ 6 / 7.5 / 9 / 10.5 / 12% (+ 4.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)

If the Spirit Blade hits at least one enemy champion during the travel, the attacks are further enhanced to deal increased bonus magic damage and additionally grant Shen 50% bonus attack speed.

Increased Bonus Damage: 10 – 40 (based on level) (+ 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)
Total Increased Damage: 30 – 120 (based on level) (+ 15 / 16.5 / 18 / 19.5 / 21% (+ 6% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)

Empowered attacks against monsters deal 100% bonus damage, but their total damage is capped.

Maximum Monster Damage: 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedParries: BlockedProjectile: See Notes

Notes (4)

The Spirit Blade will track Shen as it is traveling to him, following his movements if he changes locations while the blade is in-flight.
The Spirit Blade will stop in place upon colliding with projectile-intercepting effects. If this occurs, Shen will not gain the empowered attacks as the Spirit Blade failed to complete its travel to him.
When it is recalled, the Spirit Blade also checks for units whose gameplay radius it overlaps with (equal to a 0 radius check) before flying off, allowing it to hit enemies whose center is behind the missile origin.
The empowered attack will not trigger against wards.

Twilight Assault

Cost: 140 / 130 / 120 / 110 / 100 energyCooldown: 8 / 7.25 / 6.5 / 5.75 / 5Cast time: noneEffect radius: GlobalWidth: 160Speed: 2000 - 5000

Active: Shen recalls his Spirit Blade to him. Enemy champions hit by the Spirit Blade along its path are slowed for the next 2 seconds while moving away from Shen.

Slow: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45%

Once it arrives, Shen empowers his next 3 basic attacks within 8 seconds to gain 75 bonus range and deal bonus magic damage on-hit. Against structures, only the flat damage portion is applied.

Bonus Magic Damage: 10 – 40 (based on level) (+ 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4% (+ 1.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)
Total Magic Damage: 30 – 120 (based on level) (+ 6 / 7.5 / 9 / 10.5 / 12% (+ 4.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)

If the Spirit Blade hits at least one enemy champion during the travel, the attacks are further enhanced to deal increased bonus magic damage and additionally grant Shen 50% bonus attack speed.

Increased Bonus Damage: 10 – 40 (based on level) (+ 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)
Total Increased Damage: 30 – 120 (based on level) (+ 15 / 16.5 / 18 / 19.5 / 21% (+ 6% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)

Empowered attacks against monsters deal 100% bonus damage, but their total damage is capped.

Maximum Monster Damage: 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedParries: BlockedProjectile: See Notes

Notes (4)

The Spirit Blade will track Shen as it is traveling to him, following his movements if he changes locations while the blade is in-flight.
The Spirit Blade will stop in place upon colliding with projectile-intercepting effects. If this occurs, Shen will not gain the empowered attacks as the Spirit Blade failed to complete its travel to him.
When it is recalled, the Spirit Blade also checks for units whose gameplay radius it overlaps with (equal to a 0 radius check) before flying off, allowing it to hit enemies whose center is behind the missile origin.
The empowered attack will not trigger against wards.

Twilight Assault

Cost: 140 / 130 / 120 / 110 / 100 energyCooldown: 8 / 7.25 / 6.5 / 5.75 / 5Cast time: noneEffect radius: GlobalWidth: 160Speed: 2000 - 5000

Active: Shen recalls his Spirit Blade to him. Enemy champions hit by the Spirit Blade along its path are slowed for the next 2 seconds while moving away from Shen.

Slow: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45%

Once it arrives, Shen empowers his next 3 basic attacks within 8 seconds to gain 75 bonus range and deal bonus magic damage on-hit. Against structures, only the flat damage portion is applied.

Bonus Magic Damage: 10 – 40 (based on level) (+ 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4% (+ 1.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)
Total Magic Damage: 30 – 120 (based on level) (+ 6 / 7.5 / 9 / 10.5 / 12% (+ 4.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)

If the Spirit Blade hits at least one enemy champion during the travel, the attacks are further enhanced to deal increased bonus magic damage and additionally grant Shen 50% bonus attack speed.

Increased Bonus Damage: 10 – 40 (based on level) (+ 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)
Total Increased Damage: 30 – 120 (based on level) (+ 15 / 16.5 / 18 / 19.5 / 21% (+ 6% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)

Empowered attacks against monsters deal 100% bonus damage, but their total damage is capped.

Maximum Monster Damage: 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedParries: BlockedProjectile: See Notes

Notes (4)

The Spirit Blade will track Shen as it is traveling to him, following his movements if he changes locations while the blade is in-flight.
The Spirit Blade will stop in place upon colliding with projectile-intercepting effects. If this occurs, Shen will not gain the empowered attacks as the Spirit Blade failed to complete its travel to him.
When it is recalled, the Spirit Blade also checks for units whose gameplay radius it overlaps with (equal to a 0 radius check) before flying off, allowing it to hit enemies whose center is behind the missile origin.
The empowered attack will not trigger against wards.

Spirit's Refuge

Cost: 40 energyCooldown: 16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10Cast time: noneEffect radius: 350

Active: Shen primes his Spirit Blade, creating an area around it. After 2 seconds, or when Shen or an allied champion enters the area, the Spirit Blade generates a protective zone for 1.75 seconds, blocking all non- turret basic attacks that hit Shen or allied champions in the area.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: Self, Allies

Notes (4)

Spirit's Refuge's protective zone can be moved while active if Shen uses Twilight Assault.
Spirit's Refuge cannot be ranked up at Level 1.
Spirit's Refuge will also block damage from all abilities that use basic damage ( Lunge, Mystic Shot, Steel Tempest).
Allied clones are also considered champions for this ability.

Shadow Dash

Cost: 150 energyCooldown: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10Cast time: noneTarget range: 300 - 600Collision radius: 60 • 150Speed: 800 + 100% movement speed

Passive: Dealing damage with Twilight Assault or Shadow Dash restores 30 / 40 / 50 (based on level) energy.

Active: Shen dashes to the target location, dealing physical damage to enemy champions and monsters he passes through and taunting them for 1.5 seconds.

Physical Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 11% bonus health)

Twilight Assault and Spirit's Refuge can be cast during the dash.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: BlockedGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (3)

Casting Flash during Shadow Dash will end the dash prematurely, but the end-of-dash collision check will hit enemies at the blink's location still.
This still cannot affect the same enemy more than once.
The energy restore from Shadow Dash may only occur once.

Stand United

Cooldown: 200 / 180 / 160Cast time: noneTarget range: Global

Active: Shen focuses his will, channeling for 3 seconds and granting the target allied champion a shield for 5 seconds at the time of cast, increased by 0% – 60% (based on target's missing health).

Minimum Shield Strength: 120 / 220 / 320 (+ 135% AP) (+ 15% of his bonus health)
Maximum Shield Strength: 192 / 352 / 512 (+ 216% AP) (+ 24% of his bonus health)

Upon completing the channel, Shen and his Spirit Blade blink to the target ally's location, placed between them and the nearest enemy champion. Shen also destroys any projectiles targeting him at the time of completion.

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: N/A (range is global)Affects: AlliesGrounded: DisabledDisruption: Interrupted

Notes (16)

Due to several character stats needing to be recalculated each time a character spawns, casting Stand United immediately upon respawning will cause its cooldown to be unaffected by ability haste, and the shielding will not be increased by Shen's ability power, but will be increased by his bonus maximum health. (bug)
Stand United can target allies via the mini map or on their portraits or by using the F2 - F5 keys (none of this can be done if Shen is affected by nearsight or his target is untargetable).
Shen will turn to face towards his target ally at the start of the channel.
If the target is stealthed, enemies could, in theory, use this to estimate their location.
Shen will channel so long as his target is alive (even if the granted shield is broken). If his target dies, the channel is canceled and Stand United goes on full cooldown.
Interrupting Stand United's channel will not remove the shield prematurely.
The target's screen will glow purple to telegraph that Shen has targeted them with Stand United.
It will change back when the channel ends.
Shen finds the nearest visible enemy champion within 2000 range from the ally or the nearest invisible champion within 600 range to place himself 175 units from his ally towards that enemy.
Stand United has a forgiveness radius of 100 units.
Experimental Hexplate's Overdrive, Fiendhunter Bolts' Opening Barrage, and Zeke's Convergence's Frostfire Tempest will activate at the end of Stand United's channel.
The following table refers for interactions while Shen is channeling:
Death
Grounding effects
Immobilizing effects
Cast-inhibiting effects

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 60 seconds at all ranks.

Stand United

Cooldown: 200 / 180 / 160Cast time: noneTarget range: Global

Active: Shen focuses his will, channeling for 3 seconds and granting the target allied champion a shield for 5 seconds at the time of cast, increased by 0% – 60% (based on target's missing health).

Minimum Shield Strength: 120 / 220 / 320 (+ 135% AP) (+ 15% of his bonus health)
Maximum Shield Strength: 192 / 352 / 512 (+ 216% AP) (+ 24% of his bonus health)

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: N/A (range is global)Affects: AlliesGrounded: DisabledDisruption: Interrupted

Notes (16)

Due to several character stats needing to be recalculated each time a character spawns, casting Stand United immediately upon respawning will cause its cooldown to be unaffected by ability haste, and the shielding will not be increased by Shen's ability power, but will be increased by his bonus maximum health. (bug)
Stand United can target allies via the mini map or on their portraits or by using the F2 - F5 keys (none of this can be done if Shen is affected by nearsight or his target is untargetable).
Shen will turn to face towards his target ally at the start of the channel.
If the target is stealthed, enemies could, in theory, use this to estimate their location.
Shen will channel so long as his target is alive (even if the granted shield is broken). If his target dies, the channel is canceled and Stand United goes on full cooldown.
Interrupting Stand United's channel will not remove the shield prematurely.
The target's screen will glow purple to telegraph that Shen has targeted them with Stand United.
It will change back when the channel ends.
Shen finds the nearest visible enemy champion within 2000 range from the ally or the nearest invisible champion within 600 range to place himself 175 units from his ally towards that enemy.
Stand United has a forgiveness radius of 100 units.
Experimental Hexplate's Overdrive, Fiendhunter Bolts' Opening Barrage, and Zeke's Convergence's Frostfire Tempest will activate at the end of Stand United's channel.
The following table refers for interactions while Shen is channeling:
Death
Grounding effects
Immobilizing effects
Cast-inhibiting effects

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 60 seconds at all ranks.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Stand United

Cooldown: 200 / 180 / 160Cast time: noneTarget range: Global

Active: Shen focuses his will, channeling for 3 seconds and granting the target allied champion a shield for 5 seconds at the time of cast, increased by 0% – 60% (based on target's missing health).

Minimum Shield Strength: 120 / 220 / 320 (+ 135% AP) (+ 15% of his bonus health)
Maximum Shield Strength: 192 / 352 / 512 (+ 216% AP) (+ 24% of his bonus health)

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: N/A (range is global)Affects: AlliesGrounded: DisabledDisruption: Interrupted

Notes (16)

Due to several character stats needing to be recalculated each time a character spawns, casting Stand United immediately upon respawning will cause its cooldown to be unaffected by ability haste, and the shielding will not be increased by Shen's ability power, but will be increased by his bonus maximum health. (bug)
Stand United can target allies via the mini map or on their portraits or by using the F2 - F5 keys (none of this can be done if Shen is affected by nearsight or his target is untargetable).
Shen will turn to face towards his target ally at the start of the channel.
If the target is stealthed, enemies could, in theory, use this to estimate their location.
Shen will channel so long as his target is alive (even if the granted shield is broken). If his target dies, the channel is canceled and Stand United goes on full cooldown.
Interrupting Stand United's channel will not remove the shield prematurely.
The target's screen will glow purple to telegraph that Shen has targeted them with Stand United.
It will change back when the channel ends.
Shen finds the nearest visible enemy champion within 2000 range from the ally or the nearest invisible champion within 600 range to place himself 175 units from his ally towards that enemy.
Stand United has a forgiveness radius of 100 units.
Experimental Hexplate's Overdrive, Fiendhunter Bolts' Opening Barrage, and Zeke's Convergence's Frostfire Tempest will activate at the end of Stand United's channel.
The following table refers for interactions while Shen is channeling:
Death
Grounding effects
Immobilizing effects
Cast-inhibiting effects

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 60 seconds at all ranks.