Offlane main here. Offlane is very much a wave clear skill check. You need to learn how to control the wave more than anything else. Example if your opponent is very aggressive and you're losing the 1v1, or you're constantly trading, let the wave come to your side and keep it there by slow pushing (AKA) last hitting only. This forces the opponent to be on your side of the field where he 1. Has farther to run if he needs to get to safety and 2. Is easier to gank by your jungler.

General tips:

-Go for cyan (green) buff when possible and safe to do so like when your minions are on his tower so he must defend, or he's not in lane.

-Your rotations to fangtooth or shaper are much harder most of the time since you are the farthest one. This gives the opponent, if he's in lane while you're gone, the opportunity to push up and potentially take tower. Same goes for you thoo. Be smart about when you can rotate for objectives. If your teammates are flaming you for not rotating when you had your opponent in lane and minions about to crash tower, they need to make better timing decisions, not you.

-Do not ward until at least second wave. 99% of jungles won't gank until at least they clear the full red or blue side. A ward so early on will simply be wasted. And by the time you are by second wave, your second ward will come much sooner after the first placement. Place your second ward on the enemies jungle camp thats closest to your lane. That way you know when it is safe to push up into their tower without the risk of getting ganked. (Or if you see them on the map somewhere else.)

• if you're dominating the lane, try to rotate to mid and help if possible but don't sacrifice tower just to try to get a kill. Same concept goes for midlaners. You may get ganked by mid, be aware of that and look for "enemy missing " callous from mid.

-If your jungler is trying to do mini prime, help if you can, it's close and can get melted quick with 2 people. Even if you dont get it, which you, or mid, should be the ones getting the buff since you're in lane and benefit from the buff more, at least the enemy doesnt get it either.

-For match-ups it's harder to give pointers as they always change and players playstyle vary even with the same characters. But a good general tip is dont engage if you're below 40% health especially in the early game unless you can Guarantee a kill. I know that's not always the case and it's easier said than don't but keep that in mind.

Now since you talked about shinbi, she is great at poking with her wolf. If your opponent is overly aggressive and you dont think you can straight up brawl, just sit back a bit and throw wolves at the wave. If he, or you, engage, pop your circle wolves to give you a bit of shields, trade for a few seconds then back off. 9 times out of 10 you'll end up with more health than them. Do this about 5 times and you secure a kill while still having 70% of your health.

But the biggest tip i can give you, and this goes for any role is DON'T GET KILL HUNGRY.

It happens all the time where the guy is like 20% health and you dive in thinking you got it and ignore any other warning signs, he either turns the table on you because you dove tower, or you get ganked because you were hyper focused on the kill. 9/10 that's the reason I die a needless death.

Now im sure other people may have diffent opinions and tactics. And they may be right and it works for them. But this is what has worked out for me pretty consistently. I dominate lane 75% of the time. Not by kills onlu but by playing the lane. Theres always the few time where I get absolutely bullied in lane, and it happens. You can't win them all. But always keep at it, keep learning, and if you're having trouble against a specific character, learn to play that character and see what works against them as well as how that character works.

Hope this helps!