RE: "Xin will be pick/ban every game."

The Ecdysiast·Jan 28, 2016·3 votes·497 views

They're giving Shen the ability to have allies dodge attacks for twice as long as it takes Xin to Q.

There is no problem if you just pick correctly.

Edit: Clarification.

Shen also has a Taunt, which will completely nullify Xin's burst if he uses it along with the dodge on himself.
The placement of the sword for the dodge will be Shen's job. He shouldn't just expect the ally to be in its range when he didn't make an effort to put the sword on them.
Xin cannot ult his auto attack target out of the field. His ult specifically doesn't work on his marked target.

There.

14 Comments

Big LincolnJan 28, 20163 votes

and then Xin ults them out of it :^)

Stiv1234Jan 28, 20162 votes

As long as they stand in a 200 radius area altogether. That will like never happen. Also, it is 1.75 seconds long, and meanwhile he can just switch to the one guy who took a second to realize that Shen just casted his W.

The EcdysiastJan 28, 20161 votes

Xin cannot Q more than one opponent with all three attacks.
Having the sword in the right place will be the job of Shen.
I forgot to mention Shen can also FORCE Xin to attack him instead of the intended target.

AHeroNamedHawkeJan 28, 20161 votes

RE: "Graves is broken and 1 shots people with Q"

Yasuo Yasuo Yasuo Yasuo

They gave Yasuo the ability to block all of Graves' burst for his allies.

There is no problem if you just pick correctly.

The EcdysiastJan 28, 20161 votes

The solution to that would be using your dash or brain to move before the Q finishes its cast animation. Seen too many people sidestep inside of its T.

DemonBoneJanglesJan 28, 20161 votes

the response to your first point, shens dodge ability is completely unable to be self cast, it activates when an ally is in range, and as far as I can tell depending on the skill of xin, there wouldn't be much besides oh missed a q oh well just blast him down in 5 seconds anyway :)

The EcdysiastJan 28, 20161 votes

Shen and his nearby allies

You're wrong.

DemonBoneJanglesJan 30, 20161 votes

directly from the shen update page

Shen’s spirit blade creates a protective barrier that allows Shen and his nearby allies to dodge all basic attacks for a few seconds. The ability triggers when there are allied champions in the zone - if there are no allies are in the zone, it waits to start until one gets close enough.

AlwaysByMySideJan 30, 20162 votes

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directly from the shen update page

Shen’s spirit blade creates a protective barrier that allows Shen and his nearby allies to dodge all basic attacks for a few seconds. The ability triggers when there are allied champions in the zone - if there are no allies are in the zone, it waits to start until one gets close enough.

Sorry bud, but you're factually incorrect. Shen doesn't need an ally to cast his W. I've used it myself in a custom game without any allied champions in the game, much less nearby.

The EcdysiastJan 30, 20161 votes

"Ally" means "champion on your team." Including yourself. Play him and see. Or maybe even look at the Spotlight and watch them showcase how you're supposed to use it to dodge jungle camps.

EmollientNut0Jan 30, 20161 votes

As helpful as %damage is against Xin, Shen's less tanky than he was, And Xin has an ult. He'll murder this new Shen.

The EcdysiastJan 30, 20161 votes

It's not for 1v1. It's to get him off of allies.

EmollientNut0Jan 30, 20161 votes

How is % damage gonna do that against someone healing 70 health per swing, depending on the clock?

The EcdysiastJan 30, 20161 votes

I didn't mention the damage at all. I also meant "picking Shen" when I said, "it," in that last post. The dodge and the taunt. Nothing about the HP% damage.