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Shen vs Ryze

ShenYOU · TOP
RyzeENEMY · TOP
VS
Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

Respect his trades
If he hits you back every time you hit his minions, stop cheesing the push and use your passive to stay healthy.
Level 1 bush ambush
Find him in a bush around 1:05-1:25 and start E to all-in, you can take him to 30-50% before he reaches tower.
Taunt + dragthrough
At level 2 (ideally while he's still level 1) land a taunt, get the dragthrough trade, then run into a bush to drop aggro.
Never keep forcing the push when he's out-trading you: back off and heal instead of bleeding HP.
Runes
RESOLVERESOLVE
Grasp of the Undying
Aftershock
Guardian
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
INSPIRATIONINSPIRATION
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Time Warp Tonic
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Jack Of All Trades
SHARDS
Adaptive
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health +65
Tenacity
Health Scaling
Spells
FlashFLASH
IgniteIGNITE
Items
Start
Core
16.14 Emerald+ - 60% WR - 563 games
Skill order
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Shen · Top · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Shen vs Ryze in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: respect his trade-back, if he answers every hit you land, get conservative and heal on your passive.

Shen matchup data compiled from the community Shen OTP contribution sheetLeague of Legends assets © Riot Games (Data Dragon).