Shen Nerfs Will Make Q Max Feel Terrible

whathemath·4/7/2017, 5:18:59 PM·19 votes·3,904 views

I understand why riot wants to nerf Shen's pushing power, but my problem is that the base damage they are adding to Q goes up with SHEN'S LEVEL (and only by five damage every THREE levels). If the base damage went up by rank in Q, it would still cut his damage versus minions by more than half (110 bonus damage at rank 5 currently, PBE damage caps out at 40) and Q max would still feel actually meaningful. Having the damage go up by Shen's level just makes putting points into Q feel worthless.

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RiotRiot Wav3Break4/8/2017, 12:14:17 AM7 votes

His Q's % health damage still ranks up like before.

Q's new base damage component doesn't scale with rank because it is intended to add base line effectiveness for farming, not increased dueling power over the course of the lane phase which is already provided by his % health damage rank up.

redfeenix4/7/2017, 10:31:42 PM3 votes

Only logical way to play Shen now is going Support Shen and maxing E.

Zephyrous X4/8/2017, 3:37:38 AM2 votes

Shen will still get played because his ult is so good so this nerf is fucking dumb

Helorion4/8/2017, 6:33:38 PM2 votes

I think it would be cool to see some updates with Shen with his passive and how it would work with his other abilities. For example, W could give him and any other ally in it a small shield when its up or have an invulnerability zone. His E could grant him a shield per enemy hit by it. And his Q.... could well remain the same? Shen stood out as a top laner because of his ability to use shields. It would be cool to see something like that. Now while that may be broken with his W, you could remove the reduction given when an ally is in his zone. It would definitely make him more dynamic to use.

Acheron164/13/2017, 10:13:19 PM1 votes

I'll just state this here:

I don't want to play Shen. His abilities feel weak, his sword gimmick feels contrived and stupid, his energy costs are retarded, he doesn't feel fun to play. These changes will make sure he stays that way, if not worse.

Why are you so much lenient with some champions whilst with others you seem to find no problem beating them until they useless and forgotten? Why?