Shen is unplayable in low-elo ranked

Takahashi93·2/25/2020, 4:28:36 AM·1 votes·2,987 views

Title says it all, his toolset needs updated for the current meta, its no longer useful whatsoever. WR in low elo is probably <20% Call me a whiner or bad at the game, but try Shen against any top lane champ without a decent jungle support or a team that runs when you ult in. He's not sustainable as a solo carry champ like every other top laner.

Mordekaiser > Shen Nautilus > Shen Olaf > Shen Teemo > Shen Nasus > Shen Tryndamere > Shen Darius > Shen

Every champion outpokes and maintains lane better and 9/10 will get first turret, their damage also scales better. Shen's ultimate is just plain useless in low elo. It's abit better in normals because there are plenty of smurfs and people who know how to play the game. But trying to climb is awful. It should be the goal of Riot games to make every champion equally balanced and not favor one over the other.

Solution: -Replace Shen's ultimate with something useful like an attack (inb4 people say shen's ult is useful when used correctly. True, however I can count the times my team actually took advantage of my ult properly in the last 10 game son one hand. Its taken advantage of 9/10 and shen is left as bait for a 5v1 feast. IT IS NOT USEFUL in all elos)

-ideas a. he can teleport to one enemy on the map or one ally, if he choses ally they get a shield, if he choses an enemy they get rooted or take massive damage b. his sword shoots out a wave similar to ezreal c. his sword pulls enemies in and roots them

-Make him a bruiser instead of a tank (i.e. Jax, Zin, Wu Kong etc.) -Why? because he isn't enough of a tank to compare to the other tanks in top lane anyways, even with full hp/armor/mr builds. He also doesnt do enough damage to compete with ANYONE after level 3 or 4. He is probably the weakest of all tanks in the top lane meta right now and has poor damage scaling.

8 Comments

Star PlatinumELO2/25/2020, 5:06:17 AM7 votes

You pick Shen for the same reason you'd pick Yorick. To apply pressure on the map, opposite to current Jungle objectives in the mid to late game (which will win you 60% of games by itself until you hit gold 3) but with Shen specifically, also being able to protect people globally, you don't pick him to be a lane bully. Not every character needs to win lane to win the game. Buy 3 rejuv beads after D-Shield and coast the lane until you can buy titanic hydra, as long as you don't throw your lane away by playing like a jackass you'll scale harder than a Morde ever could.

Quit salt-posting and learn your matchups. You lost a game against a Hail of blades AP Malphite top lane, and also lost a game with a Ziggs Jungle on the opposing team.

Kaje2/25/2020, 5:03:28 AM3 votes

. . . is this a serious post . . .?

LanceTheJungler2/25/2020, 5:10:00 AM3 votes

I too would like Shen to be a bruiser. I really like his walk you down lane playstyle where you E through them then kite them down with Q. If he had a damage ultimate with maybe a different W he would be a lot of fun to play.

ThèTaxCollector2/25/2020, 4:56:15 AM1 votes

im 8-1 rn as shen lol

baitangpukaohua2/25/2020, 4:35:37 AM1 votes

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FroXZenBuLLet2/25/2020, 12:25:06 PM1 votes

Let me tell you a little secret. If you're losing to Darius as Shen , than you're doing something wrong.

RoakeyDoakey362/26/2020, 7:25:27 AM1 votes

I disagree, Shen's ultimate is one of the best in the game, if not THE best.

Honestly, Shen is probably one of the most powerful champions in the game, especially in the top lane.

Literally just watch ANY of my Shen games recently, and you'll see how strong he is right now.

Silver 1 atm, you decide if that's high elo or not.