Shen·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Shen Top build, you should take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Redemption as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Locket of the Iron Solari. For your last 3 items, you should build Knight's Vow, Sunfire Aegis and finish with Thornmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 53.9% winrate over 3 407 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Shen Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Revitalize in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Sunfire Aegis, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Thornmail as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Kaenic Rookern, Randuin's Omen and Iceborn Gauntlet. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 55.0% win rate over 2 302 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Revitalize in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Titanic Hydra as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Iceborn Gauntlet as a third item. You want to finish the build with Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail and Jak'Sho, The Protean. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 55.7% win rate across 1 750 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Shen Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Health Scaling and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Hollow Radiance as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Dead Man's Plate as third item. The last 3 options are Knight's Vow, Thornmail and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.8% win rate over 1 723 matches played.

Situational Shen Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Shen build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.