Everything for Shen Top on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Shen's win conditions.
Shen is an engage tank in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 52.7% win rate, 3.8% pick rate, 44,487 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Shen holds a fairly even power curve, staying relevant at every stage rather than relying on a single timing.
How Shen wins: roaming out of lane to snowball the rest of the map, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Shen tips the fight. The kit grades 9/10 roaming, 8/10 teamfighting, 8/10 disengage. Shen grades low on siege (3/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.
The most-played core build is Titanic Hydra, Dusk and Dawn, Bandlepipes, which holds a 62.2% win rate across 1,750 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Karthus, where Shen sits at just 43.0%, the lane swings the other way into Corki (58.9%), and on the team side, Shen gains the most from a Nasus (+8.3% pair win rate).
The build Shen Top players run most on patch 16.11, shown with its live win rate. Choose the enemy team up top to tailor it to the comp you are facing.
Champions that beat Shen Top the most this patch, anywhere on the enemy team. Top ban targets.
The teammates that make Shen Top stronger this patch, measured by how much the pair's win rate beats Shen going solo.
Shen is also played in these other roles this patch.
Take Shen into the Team Builder to plan around every pick, or check the Tier List to see exactly where Shen ranks this patch.