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Shen is a champion in League of Legends.[1]

Abilities[]

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Ki Barrier

Ki Barrier

Innate: After completing an ability's effects, Shen grants himself a Hybrid resistances icon shield for 47 − 120 (based on level) (+ 13% bonus health) for 2.5 seconds. If Shen affects at least one other Champion icon champion with an ability, Ki Barrier's Cooldown icon cooldown is reduced by 4 − 7.5 (based on level) seconds.

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

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  • 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 Flash blink (Teleport Teleport, Recall Recall, or Stand United 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 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 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 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 Silence icon interrupted, the shield will instead be received the moment the Stun icon crowd control source is applied, before damage calculation (if any).
  • Stand United Stand United will give the shield and/or the cooldown reduction upon completing the channel.

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Twilight Assault

Twilight Assault

Active: Shen recalls his Spirit Blade to his location. Enemy champions hit are Slow icon slowed for the next 2 seconds while moving away from Shen.

Slow:
15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%
Twilight Assault 2

Once it arrives, Shen empowers his next 3 basic attacks within 8 seconds to gain Range icon 75 bonus range and deal bonus magic damage.

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)
Twilight Assault 3

If the Spirit Blade hit at least one enemy Champion icon champion during the travel, the empowerment is enhanced to deal increased bonus magic damage and additionally grant Shen Attack speed icon 50% bonus attack speed.

Increased Bonus Damage:
10 − 40 (based on level) (+ 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)
Total Increased Damage:
30 − 120 (based on level) (+ 12 / 13.5 / 15 / 16.5 / 18% (+ 6% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)

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

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

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  • The Spirit Blade will stop in place upon colliding with Wind Wall Wind Wall or Unbreakable Unbreakable. If this occurs, Shen will not receive the empowered attacks.
  • When it is called, the Spirit Blade also checks for units which's Gameplay radius gameplay radius it overlaps which (equal to a Range model 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 structures nor wards.

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Spirit's Refuge

Spirit's Refuge

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, Spirit's Refuge blocking all non-Turret icon turret basic attacks that hit Shen or allied champions in the area.

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Shadow Dash

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

Shadow Dash

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

Physical Damage:
60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 15% bonus health)

Twilight Assault Twilight Assault and Spirit's Refuge Spirit's Refuge can be cast during the dash. Shadow Dash will cast at max range if cast beyond that.

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  • Casting Flash 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.

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Stand United

Stand United

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

Minimum Shield Strength:
130 / 290 / 450 (+ 135% AP) (+ 16% of his bonus health)
Maximum Shield Strength:
208 / 464 / 720 (+ 216% AP) (+ 25.6% of his bonus health)
Stand United 2

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

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  • 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 icon nearsight or his target is Untargetable icon untargetable).
  • Shen will turn to face towards his target ally at the start of the channel.
    • If the target is Guerrilla Warfare 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.
    • Silence icon 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.
  • The following table refers for interactions while Shen is Channeling icon channeling:
Type Channel
Attacking Disabled
Abilities Disabled
Movement Disabled
Items Usable N/A
Disabled All items are disabled
Interrupted by N/A
Consumables Disabled
Spells Usable N/A
Disabled Barrier Barrier Clarity Clarity Cleanse Cleanse Exhaust Exhaust Ghost Ghost Heal Heal Ignite Ignite Smite Smite Flash Flash Teleport Teleport Recall Recall Hexflash Hexflash Mark Mark Dash Dash
Interrupted by N/A
Interrupted by
  • Death
  • Grounded icon Grounding effects
  • Stun icon Immobilizing effects
  • Silence icon Cast-inhibiting effects
  • Map-Specific Differences
    Arena icon Arena differences edit
    • Cooldown changed to 60 seconds at all ranks.

    Champion skins[]

    This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Shen (Collection).
    Shen OriginalSkin
    Original
    RP 790
    24.03.2010
    Among the secretive, Ionian warriors known as the Kinkou, Shen serves as their leader, the Eye of Twilight. He longs to remain free from the confusion of emotion, prejudice, and ego, and walks the unseen path of dispassionate judgment between the spirit realm and the physical world. Tasked with enforcing the equilibrium between them, Shen wields blades of steel and arcane energy against any who would threaten it.
    Separator
    ActorKeith Silverstein
    ArtistKelly Aleshire, Alex 'alexplank' Flores
    Loot eligible Loot eligible

    Patch history[]

    For the expanded patch notes, see here.
    V14.18
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier
      • Base shield increased to 47 − 120 (based on level) from 47 − 101 (based on level).
      • Health ratio increased to 13% bonus health from 12%.
    V14.6
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier
      • Cooldown refund increased to 4 − 7.5 (based on level) seconds from 4 − 7.5 (based on level). Now scales linearly instead of at breakpoints.
    V14.2
    • Stats
      • Base attack damage increased to 64 from 60.
    V13.20
    V12.15
    • Shadow Dash Shadow Dash
      • Energy restore increased to 30 / 40 / 50 (based on level) from 30 / 35 / 40 (based on level).
    V12.10
    • Stats
      • Base health increased to 610 from 540.
      • Health growth increased to 99 from 85.
      • Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3.
      • Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier
      • Shield health ratio reduced 12% bonus health from 14%.
    • Stand United Stand United
      • Minimum base shield reduced to 130 / 290 / 450 from 140 / 320 / 500.
      • Minimum shield health ratio reduced to 16% bonus health from 17.5%.
    V12.2
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault
      • Empowered health ratio reduced to 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6% maximum health from 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7%.
    V11.20
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier
      • Base shield reduced to 50 − 101 (based on level) from 60 − 111 (based on level).
    V11.18
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier
      • Bug Fix: Block effect now properly takes priority over Hybrid resistances icon shield mitigations.
    V11.12
    • General
    V11.9
    • Stand United Stand United
      • Minimum base shield reduced to 140 / 320 / 500 from 175 / 350 / 525.
        • Maximum base shield reduced to 224 / 512 / 800 from 280 / 560 / 840.
      • New Effect: Shield now scales with 17.5% bonus health, increased up to 28% based on target's missing health.
    V11.1
    • Stats
      • Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
    V10.25
    V10.18
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier
      • Base shield reduced to 60 − 111 (based on level) from 70 − 121 (based on level).
    V10.16
    • Stand United Stand United
      • Bug Fix: Documented 10.15 mid-patch hotfix below
    V10.15 Hotfix
    • Stand United Stand United
      • Undocumented: Cast now properly clears the item shop's Undo history.
    V10.15
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier
      • Base shield increased to 70 − 121 (based on level) from 50 − 101 (based on level).
    V10.13
    V10.6
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault
      • Damage cap against monsters increased to 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200 from 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 175.
    V9.16
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault
      • Increased health ratio increased to 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7% of his target's maximum health from 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6%.
    • Shadow Dash Shadow Dash
      • Base damage increased to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.
    V9.9
    • Stats
      • Attack speed growth increased to 3% from 2%.
    • Shadow Dash Shadow Dash
      • Bonus health ratio increased to 15% of his bonus health from 12%.
    V9.6
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault
      • Base damage increased to 10 − 40 (based on level) from 5 − 30 (based on level).
    • Stand United Stand United
      • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where he was not saying his signature wind-up voiceover when casting the ability.
    V9.4
    • General
      • Bootless walk animation added.
    V8.20
    • General
    V8.17
    • General
    V8.15
    V8.14
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault
      • Spirit Blade collision slow reduced to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% from 35% at all ranks.
    V7.24
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault
      • Base damage reduced to 5 − 30 (based on level) from 15 − 40 (based on level).
    V7.22
    • Stats
      • New: Now has +15% bonus attack speed at level 1.
      • Base armor increased to 34 from 25.
    V7.9
    V7.8
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault
      • Removed: Empowered attack dealing 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 bonus magic damage to non-champions.
      • New Effect: Empowered attack now deal an additional 15 − 40 (based on level) magic damage.
      • New Effect: Empowered attack against monsters deals double damage, 30 − 80 (based on level) magic damage, but is still capped.
    • Shadow Dash Shadow Dash
      • Energy cost reduced to 150 from 180.
      • Width increased to 120 from 100.
    • Stand United Stand United
      • Cooldown increased to 200 / 180 / 160 seconds from 180 / 150 / 120.
      • Base shield value reduced to 175 / 350 / 525 from 250 / 550 / 850.
      • New Effect: Shield now increases by 1% for every 1% of target's missing health, up to 280 / 560 / 840 total shield at 40% health.
    V6.23
    • Stats
      • Armor growth increased to 3 from 2.6.
      • Health growth increased to 85 from 73.
    V6.18
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier
      • Shield health reduced to 50 − 101 (based on level) from 52 − 120 (based on level).
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault
      • Maximum health damage reduced to 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4% from 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5%.
        • Enhanced maximum health damage reduced to 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6% from 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7%.
    V6.15
    • Stats
      • Base health regen reduced to 8.5 from 10.
    V6.5
    • Stand United Stand United
      • Clarity: Ally shield visibility while Shen channels increased.
      • Clarity: The targeted ally's screen is now color-tinted while Shen channels.
      • Bug Fix: Channeling through Chronoshift Chronoshift's revive.
    V6.4
    V6.2 - Rework
    • Visual Update
    • Stats
      • Base health reduced to 540 from 570.8
      • Health growth reduced to 73 from 85.
      • Base health regen increased to 10 from 8.37
      • Health regen growth increased to 0.75 from 0.55
      • Armor growth reduced to 2.6 from 4.
      • Base attack damage reduced to 60 from 60.17
      • Base attack damage growth reduced to 3 from 3.375
      • Attack speed growth reduced to 2% from 3.4
      • Maximum energy increased to 400 from 200.
      • Movement speed increased to 340 from 335.
    • Ki Barrier Ki Barrier - New I
      • Shen shields himself from 52 − 120 (based on level) (+ 14% bonus health) damage for 2.5 seconds whenever he activates Twilight Assault Twilight Assault / Shadow Dash Shadow Dash, or upon completing Spirit's Refuge Spirit's Refuge / Stand United Stand United. The cooldown is reduced by 4 − 7.5 (based on level) seconds whenever his abilities affect an allied or enemy champion.
        • Cooldown: 10 seconds
      • Shen is accompanied by an immobile, untargetable Spirit Blade connected to him by a tether. The Spirit Blade remains idle on the ground unless commanded to move or forced to move to Shen's current location when they get too far apart.
    • Twilight Assault Twilight Assault - New Q
      • Shen calls his Spirit Blade to himself, slowing all enemies along its tether that are facing away from him by 35% for 2 seconds, as well as empowering empowering his next three basic attacks to deal 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5% (+ 1.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health bonus damage.
      • If at least one enemy champion was caught in the tether the bonus damage is increased increased 「 by 2% (+ 0.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health 」「 to 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health 」 and Shen also gains 50% attack speed for those attacks.
        • Non-champions take 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 bonus damage.
        • Cost: 140 / 130 / 120 / 110 / 100 energy
        • Cooldown: 8 / 7.25 / 6.5 / 5.75 / 5 seconds
    • Spirit's Refuge Spirit's Refuge - New W
      • Shen primes his Spirit Blade for 2 seconds, causing it to project a protective zone around it for 1.75 seconds if he or an allied champion move nearby. Once the zone is active, all allies within the area gain 100% dodge chance for the duration.
        • Cost: 40 energy
        • Cooldown: 18 / 16.5 / 15 / 13.5 / 11 seconds
    • Shadow Dash Shadow Dash
      • Energy refund is now a Passive component.
        • Shen recovers 30 / 35 / 40 (based on level) energy whenever he deals damage with Twilight Assault Twilight Assault / Shadow Dash.
      • Removed: Damage reduction from taunted enemies.
      • Energy cost increased to 180 at all ranks from 100 / 95 / 90 / 85 / 80.
      • Cooldown increased to 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds from 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8.
      • Removed: (+ 50% AP) ratio
      • New Effect: (+ 12% bonus health) ratio
    • Stand United Stand United
      • AP ratio reduced to (+ 130% AP) from (+ 135% AP)
      • Cooldown changed to 180 / 150 / 120 seconds from 180 / 160 / 120.
      • Clarity: The Spirit Blade will arrive with Shen.

    Trivia[]

    • Shen is written 慎 shèn [ʂə̃n˥˩] "caution" in Chinese localization.
    • Shen was the first champion to use energy as a resource for abilities.
    • Before the release of Pulsefire Shen Pulsefire Shen, neither him nor Zed Zed reveal their faces in any of their skins, unlike Akali Akali (All-star All-star, Nurse Nurse, Blood Moon Blood Moon) and Kennen Kennen (Karate Karate,M.D. M.D.). However, Shen has never revealed his full face in any skin.
    • Shen's dance references Tai chi 24-form.
      • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
    • Shen is the first dark-themed Ionian champion, before Varus Varus, Syndra Syndra, Zed Zed, Jhin Jhin, Xayah Xayah, & Kayn Kayn (Noxian-born).
    • Shen, Pantheon Pantheon, and Twisted Fate Twisted Fate were the first to have a global-range teleport ability.
      • After the other two's were heavily changed Shen remained the only one left with such an ability until Rek'Sai Rek'Sai was released.
        • Rek'Sai Rek'Sai would then later lose her global-range teleport capabilities as well.
    • Shen used to gain the 'Law of Inverse Ninja Strength' 'Law of Inverse Ninja Strength' cosmetic Easter egg debuff ("This unit is a flippin' ninja!" - "Ninjas are more effective when they work alone. For every Ninja on your team beyond yourself, you lose 1 health.") when he, Akali Akali, Kennen Kennen, and/or Zed Zed found themselves on the same team. It was removed in V3.14 for unknown reasons.


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