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Shen vs Warwick

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

How to play it

Respect his heal
When you get him low his Blood Hunt lets him heal far more than you expect: a normal all-in won't finish him.
Kill window
Only taunt-flash onto him once he's low enough to one-shot inside the taunt, before he can heal anything.
Grind him down
Place your blade behind the enemy wave and farm him with dragthrough short trades and poke over time.
Never all-in him at normal 'kill' HP like any other champ: he'll heal through it; wait until you can one-shot him.
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+ - 52% WR - 725 games
Skill order
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Shen · Top · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Shen vs Warwick in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: he baits you into over-committing, then heals back a shocking amount, poke him down, don't all-in until you can one-shot him.

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