Shen is no longer viable on Top or any other lane,he falls behind almost every Tank/Bruiser there is

Dragonul009··3 votes·544 views

I just can't play Shen Top anymore,the champion doesn't feel ahead even if you are 10-0-11,while almost every Top laner like Irelia,Maokai,Malphite and almost 99% of them could contribute much more in TF. He doesn't feel like a tank at all especially with his horrible stats that I can't get my head around this decision.Just because he uses energy doesn't mean he needs to have worse stats than Zyra,Vayne,Sona..

The problem with Shen is that he doesn't feel as Tanky as them,no amounts of items seems to matter,he does absolutely nothing in TF especially after the taunt.He does no damage beside those lousy 3 q's wich mid-late game seems to hit less than a super minion.

He only seems to be viable only when you have a decent team and knows what their doing,because you will never carry with Shen.

This rework has put him to sleep and even he's popularity has tanked into the ground.

12 Comments

Flaherty1 votes

He's more of a niche pick now than before, he does really well versus an auto attack heavy team. You don't need tankiness when their auto attacks miss you.

Dragonul0091 votes

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He's more of a niche pick now than before, he does really well versus an auto attack heavy team. You don't need tankiness when their auto attacks miss you.

You mean the W ability that takes 18/16/15/12 sec to come back and lasts for a sec? That sure shows them who's the real boss. The problem is that if you use Q and W ,you already wasted a lot of your energy and starts running around like a headless chicken pecking the enemy with your mighty autos.

The problem is that he doesn't deal damage,not even early game especially if you go tank,you hit like a wet noodle.

Flaherty1 votes

He's not supposed to blow people up, he's a utility tank. That's why he has a shield passive, shield ult, a taunt, and a utility w... get sunfire and deal steady sustained damage throughout teamfights.

rG Thundrag1 votes

Shen's base stats are too bad when you compare them to other fighers/tanks they need adjustments

CerealBoxOfDoom1 votes

FYI you don't pick shen to bully the other guy. you pick him to outmaneuver and shit on teamfights.

also who is this he is apparently getting dominated by exactly

Dragonul0091 votes

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FYI you don't pick shen to bully the other guy. you pick him to outmaneuver and shit on teamfights.

also who is this he is apparently getting dominated by exactly

Irelia,Malphite,Maokai,Illaoi,Volibear,Sion?

He gets outclassed by these champions in tf's by a mile and don't give me the mighty ''Teleport Ult'' speech,it's on a 180/150/120 sec and if you fuck it up you already lost your lane and tower. He's a very risky champ with little reward and he doesn't scale good even when he's ahead.You can't carry with him like Irelia,Maokai,Malphite does where they can one shot your adc,apc and still be tankyer and more sustainable than you.

CerealBoxOfDoom1 votes

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Irelia,Malphite,Maokai,Illaoi,Volibear,Sion?

He gets outclassed by these champions in tf's by a mile and don't give me the mighty ''Teleport Ult'' speech,it's on a 180/150/120 sec and if you fuck it up you already lost your lane and tower. He's a very risky champ with little reward and he doesn't scale good even when he's ahead.You can't carry with him like Irelia,Maokai,Malphite does where they can one shot your adc,apc and still be tankyer and more sustainable than you.

then dont fuck up and expect to lose your lane and tower. irelia and nasus have also been in a place where you ust hold the tower till it falls and you were expected to actually play around this.

but more importantly dont argue that apples are outclassed by oranges. Thats haalf the reason this thread is silly regardless of shens state. Malphite is the only surprising name on that list btw

Fraggleroc1 votes

I switched main from Shen to Tahm Kench. I knew a loss of the ranged/sustain skill will impact Shen too much. Tahm does almost the same stuff as old Shen, if u think about it- take someone out of the fight, protect someone, teleport, tanky.

spombjop1 votes

Shen is safe. Full tank, mobile, good teamfighter and can safe farm with ability if he is behind.

Kempachi Taichou1 votes

No poke The hit box on his taunt is still not fixed His energy pool/costs make a missed taunt too unforgiving compared to all other champs Spirit Sword Mechanics have truly missed the mark, they make Shen's Q and W too telegraphed, and rely too much on hitting a taunt with a broken hitbox...

Kempachi Taichou1 votes

RIOT needs to admit the completely missed the mark and revert to the old Shen, he was at least healthy...

OurLestrade1 votes

The real thing they need to do is sort out the floaty sword thing so it feels less like a burden. Shortening its leash range and making it move faster so you don't have to wait a few seconds to start using your empowered autos half the time would be a start :O

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