Shen vs Mordekaiser in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his Q is his damage — eating one is fine if you block it with your passive, just never take it isolated. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPSHENthe Eye of Twilight

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMORDEKAISERthe Iron Revenant

VS

Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Block his Q

Letting him Q you once is fine if it's not isolated and you block it with your passive — then hit him twice and back out.

All-in at level 2

Chip him with trades so he's low by level 2, then taunt all-in if he's disrespecting — a slow push forces him into bad trades and missed last-hits.

Save leftover Q

Don't waste a leftover Q on minions — hold it to pressure him off the wave or hit him in the face when he pushes (+75 range).

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never eat his Q while isolated — only take it inside your wave, where you can block it with your passive and hit him back twice.

Runes

RESOLVE

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 48% WR - 2.6k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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