-He is supposed to be a ninja but hes extremely slow and his attack speed is terrible
First off, his E actually allows him to traverse the map rather easily. I don't think he's slow.
Second off, Ninjas aren't machine guns, okay? They use precision strikes that hit the target the hardest. They're assassins.
Plus, you can always just take Hail of Blades in Domination and you sucessfully land a E + Q you get fucking sick nasty amounts of attack speed.
-His farming is an absolute chore without tiamat and can easily be outfarmed by most toplaners
Just buy a damn Tiamat. It isn't that hard.
-YOU CAN LITERALLY MISS FARM BECAUSE MINIONS BLOCK HIM
This happens to everyone. Not just Shen.
-Can also be poked out of farming very easily
Buy a Doran's Shield and take Second Wind along with Revitalize in Resolve. Problem solved.
-He has no other tools besides his sword with a momentary block, and no ranged abilities, even though most tanks/divers AND juggernauts have them.
He has a dash you damn goon.
-Engaging with his dash means almost sure and sudden death in a team fight and is only good when you get enemies alone despite being a tank.
Yeah this is kinda true. Shen gets blown up way too quickly.
-He would make more sense as a bruiser/assassin because of his dash but he has no real damage to play him that way and no real lethality, i cant count how many times other champions have gotten away at 1-5% health!!!
Yeah he'd probably make more sense as a Bruiser/Assassin thematic wise but it kinda strides against his lore.
-His ultimate is useless in most situations because it means teleporting into almost certain death and takes too long to channel to be effective
Yeah ultimate feels really bad to use. Most of the time, people die before you can even get there. A buff to the shield would be nice.
He is outmatched by nearly every top lane champion and has no clear build path and no scaling damage really.
Yeah because he's not supposed to deal damage. He's a tank after all.
- Make his sword a grapple that pulls enemies instead of a slow (or knocks them up if they're close)
No. That's stupid.
- Increase his movement speed and attack speed
No. He's fine when it comes to that.
- Make damage scale with his health +4 AD for every 100 Health
His E's damage already scales with health and since you almost always buy a Titanic Hydra I don't see why he should scale with health even more.
- Make his dash stun for 2 seconds instead of taunt
No that ruins the champions whole identity and makes his W useless.
- Remove his block altogether and turn it into a counter attack like fiora
Eh. I don't know. His W does feel kinda underwhelming.
- Come up with some other idea for an ult
This I will not stand for. This has been Shen's signature move ever since he was released and if you remove it I'll get really mad.
What I propose instead is a Shen revert.
His Ki Strike made him able to compete with other top laners, just like you want. It also scaled health into damage, just like you wanted.
His Vorpal Blade felt really good and actually made Shen support viable. It also makes him able to compete with other top laners, just like you want. It's also a ranged ability, just like you wanted.
His Feint was easy and simple, unlike Spirit's Refuge which feels rather clunky and useless most of the time since it only works against auto attack reliant enemy team comps.
The damage reduction on Shadow Dash also helped against being blown up immediately. It also, helps him compete against other top laners, just like you want.
And finally his ultimate had a set amount of shields it gave the target, regardless of their missing health.
#SHENREVERT2K18
