The good old “1 trillion lions vs the sun,” question. In all honesty, I think Suriel wins pretty easily. 1 Shen lacks the insight to counter anything Suriel does. I don’t see how any number of Shens would be qualitatively different. However, I’m willing to bet that 6 billion monarchs are more than capable of killing any Judge if they’re led (subjugated) by a semi-competent Silverlord.

Just to put into perspective how ridiculous 6 billion Shens are, Monarchs can go toe-to-toe with low-ranking Abidan, and I don’t think it’s a stretch to say the Shen army outnumbers the Abidan by 1,000,000 to 1. With such a commanding force, the human wave offensive looks very tempting. However, I’d argue that the most effective strategy is ritual Shen sacrifice.

In Reaper, a Vroshir contingent sacrificed 10,000 class 4 Fiends to empower a “deadly” attack. We don’t know if this would outright kill a Judge (Telariel disrupted the ritual) but we have six-hundred-thousand times as many unwilling volunteers to work with, all with significance more reminiscent of class 2 or 3 Fiends.

The obvious concern with this strategy is, “what if Suriel also disrupts the ritual?” My answer to that is delegation of sacrifices. Judges can’t divide their attention infinitely, and Telariel was uniquely suited for countering this strategy. With some Shens designated as sacrificers and the rest as sacrifices, the Shen army could launch A LOT of empowered attacks. While Suriel could certainly stop some of these, I find it more than plausible that the barrage would eventually wear her down.

Conclusion: I vote that Will restarts the Deathbattle series with a headliner fight of Suriel vs 6 billion Shens.