I like Jungling Shen
I do not play ranked (ain't got the time fo' that). Mostly teambuilder and sometimes draft. I have only ever seen one other shen jungler this season. playing Shen top lane is not nearly as fun in my opinion. The only positive side to playing Shen top (unless you get shut the fuck down and didn't farm well) is being a higher level than most other laners. I keep reading from other posters this "Meta" is not his time. Fuck the "Meta".
Pros: 1 - great sustain, I can farm the jungle all day long without backing. The monsters do not out DMG your sustain (unlike certain champions) so it is very noticeable. His shield (W), helps very well early game against monsters as well. 2 - It is much easier to have map awareness while farming the jungle, with respects to Shen's Ult. No hassle with having to focus on last hitting or being pushed under turret top lane. The chances of Shen's Ult being interrupted are less likely to happen as well. 3 - River Shen. 4 - Shen ult can change the tide of a fight (if executed at the right time). 5 - Shen's (E) allows you to juke around the jungle like a flippin ninja. This has saved me from enemy counter jungling. 6 - Shen can fight Dragon at level 3.
Cons: 1 - Levels 1-5 if lanes are failing and just "sucking bad" Shen has a hard time shifting the tide until level 6 Ult. 2 - Low DMG output. Sometime when ganking a lane, your only purpose is to beat the shit out of the enemy laner knowing fully well you will not secure a kill, do enough dmg to make them back. 3 - Shen's (E) is short ranged and has a short time duration (1.5). Just not enough time to dish out DMG. 4 - Slow jungle clear. He not the slowest but he is definitely not the fastest. (asp marks/asp quints). 5 - Susceptible to early counter jungling. most notably by Rek Sai, Lee Sin, Vi, and the most problematic is Shaco. 6 - Slow movement speed. 7 - Certain champs will be nearly impossible to gank (VLAD, Donger, Fiora, Gnar, Rek Sai (if top lane) Do to mobility or by simply out damaging you. Sometimes it's better off not ganking since you might be 2-3 levels under top/mid lanes, the enemy might get a double. 8 - Ulting other players that choose to run away, is a waste of perfectly good Ult. (It's best to inform them about your ult before game starts, some people don't know how Shen works).
Tips: 1 - Hold lanes for those who need to back. Tax them by last hitting minions they would have missed anyways. Helps with level and gold. (Having tele might help for this since he moves so slow.) 2 - Build mostly tanky with 2 offensive items (this includes the jungling item). 3 - take stalkers blade this helps with ganks by slowing the opponent. 4 Ganking while opponent has pushed the lane hard. This givesive your lane partner time to help chase the enemy. 5 - try and coordinate plays with your team for your ultimate. 6 - know who counters Shen and what level they are. (Trying to gank a lane against a champion that counters Shen, that is higher level is a disaster).
Buffs: (Most likely not going to happen) It doesn't have to be all of these but something would be nice. 1 - Shen E could be a bit longer or possible wider to hit enemies, as well as increasing the time duration from 1.5 to 2 - 2.5 seconds. 2. Magic Resist scaling (which he does not have). 3. A tiny DMG buff. 4 - Make Shen's shield scale of of his health. 5 - Buff his movement speed, he's a freakin' Ninja why does he move so slow?
