Shen and his Q

Imperial Japan·Nov 7, 2016·2 votes·590 views

Shen buffs? Let's do it right. (Everyone encouraged to participate)

So, as an old Shen player myself I have gone away from playing Shen due to a few reasons. (Mostly about not liking the rework AT ALL.) Recently I saw a thread by Melladoneus (which is linked) talking about potential Shen buffs. The buffs ranged from base stat buffs to hitbox increases and so I was reading the comments as to see what kinds of things people thought of the new Shen. If they hated it a lot like me or if they preferred it. To my favor, they all agreed on one thing: Shens Q sucked pretty bad. Some players didn't like it due to it being a really clunky floating sword and some didn't due to it not being too impactful. Either way I believe that Shens Q should be changed as it despite being the biggest change, it being the worst one

8 Comments

Pandemic PunchNov 7, 20162 votes

I love the healing on the old vorpal blade. RIP

Imperial JapanNov 7, 20162 votes

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I love the healing on the old vorpal blade. RIP

Sameeeee, I hate the new three hit passive and that huge clunky sword. Just bring vorpal back ;-;.

As for the W I think that both are pretty subpar than what it should be (prior and post rework).

One thing I hate almost as much as his Q change is the 50% reduction taken Away. Now you don't get rewarded at all for actually landing your E's

Imperial JapanNov 7, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=DLTD Stuart,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=BbBusfAk,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2016-11-07T04:46:28.636+0000)

Sameeeee, I hate the new three hit passive and that huge clunky sword. Just bring vorpal back ;-;.

As for the W I think that both are pretty subpar than what it should be (prior and post rework).

One thing I hate almost as much as his Q change is the 50% reduction taken Away. Now you don't get rewarded at all for actually landing your E's

I also liked his little burst on his passive Ki strike that paired up with the keystone that gives health per 4 secs. Ahhhh the nostailgia

Dominick DestineNov 7, 20163 votes

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I love the healing on the old vorpal blade. RIP

Janna mìdNov 7, 20162 votes

Well I really like playing Shen rn, and he is quite strong when you're in bronze i think cuz people don't run away when they see my ult try to aa under my w or stay under my tower when i'm there so I know he is week but I have a great winrate with him (92.3% which is kinda impressive i'm not even smurf i deserve to be in bronze or perhaps like low silver since i'll probably win my promos to silver before the end of the season but anyway) and he is almost my main, but I know what you feel like, and i want his rework to be reversed because that's what most people want, and I also want the same for Xerath (who was my main before i really loved him) So I hope riot will hear ya

Imperial JapanNov 7, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=DLTD Stuart,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=BbBusfAk,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-11-07T04:40:22.087+0000)

So, as an old Shen player myself I have gone away from playing Shen due to a few reasons. (Mostly about not liking the rework AT ALL.) Recently I saw a thread by Melladoneus (which is linked) talking about potential Shen buffs. The buffs ranged from base stat buffs to hitbox increases and so I was reading the comments as to see what kinds of things people thought of the new Shen. If they hated it a lot like me or if they preferred it. To my favor, they all agreed on one thing: Shens Q sucked pretty bad. Some players didn't like it due to it being a really clunky floating sword and some didn't due to it not being too impactful. Either way I believe that Shens Q should be changed as it despite being the biggest change, it being the worst one

Edit: since his old q was removed for the lack of interactivity, why doesn't he just get his old passive Ki Strike to stick on the enemy he hits and nerf the damage of the Q it's self? That way he'll be encouraged to make use of his Q as it'll be near impossible to farm or just poke with his Q. That way it'll retain its utility (slow) and won't be useless like it is now.