Shen's Shadow Dash hitbox seems... Questionable.

Myyse·1/30/2016, 9:29:52 AM·21 votes·3,651 views

The hitbox on Shen's E seems like its either, or both much thinner and further back in relation to his model.

Exhibit A and B:

http://imgur.com/8TSmxgq http://imgur.com/Ez9hWVp

Neither of those dashes were a landed taunt. The first one might be debatable, but for the second... If my head and been any far forward, I'd have commented on the pinkness of Rango's colon.

Generally speaking, Shadow Dash definitely seems more difficult to land, which is odd, considering how integral it is to Shen's kit, and how boned you can become when you miss it.

Really hoping its not just me.

Also; yes that game was a bloodbath, and I was surprised we won it.

19 Comments

BioticBrony1/30/2016, 4:56:27 PM12 votes

Yea I have noticed that my Taunts don't land as often as they did before.

MegamanEXE791/30/2016, 3:28:40 PM6 votes

They mixed up the hitboxes of Shen's E and TKs Q.

Cowgirl Ed1/30/2016, 10:08:12 AM4 votes

Shen's taunt hitbox got nerfed very hard in the past yes Shen is not supposed to be a viable champion and Riot discourages you from playing him (the rework is proof)

Frickface1/30/2016, 5:53:56 PM2 votes

As someone who played the hell out of pre-work Shen, I played new Shen last night, and the only thing that made me upset was his E hitbox. I don't understand how Riot can increase the size of his model and then proceed to mess up the width of an ability that is literally just you sliding into your enemies...

Scramrail1/30/2016, 2:23:34 PM1 votes

As someone that's almost never played Shen now or in the past, I can say that it does seem a lot easier to avoid his taunt, for whatever reason. It almost seems like its a shorter dash distance or something.

And A Real Hiero1/30/2016, 2:52:17 PM1 votes

I feel that the taunt speed is what actually changed, it's a lot slower. And affected by slows (lol).

Shrîke1/30/2016, 2:57:07 PM1 votes

I remember when they nerfed his taunt ages back saying it was too easy to land. I feel like they over nerfed this ability, they should have just left it imo.

Shuriman Curator1/30/2016, 12:15:46 PM1 votes

I've also noticed this. I'm level 5 with Shen and I could land taunts left and right and now it seems more difficult.

forist1/30/2016, 11:26:48 AM1 votes

Yeah, I've noticed this since the update too. I can't tell if they changed the hit-box of shen's taunt or if they kept the same hit-box and only changed his model size and the new model is just throwing me off. I'm certain his original model was a bit smaller.

Autrah Fang1/30/2016, 6:41:00 PM1 votes

it's kinda funny cuz someone played Shen on my team a couple days before the rework was released, and they were missing quite a few taunts. their excuse was that they were playing new Shen on the PBE and the taunt's hit box was supposedly wider there.

Retillin1/30/2016, 8:47:04 PM1 votes

Same, I've missed a lot of taunts over the last few days. Old Shen would have hit, hell new Shen goes through the enemy character and I still don't get a "taunt".

Ralanr1/30/2016, 8:54:18 PM1 votes

I've always had problems with his taunt hitbox (though I've only played him for about a month or less if you include both pre and post rework). It feels like it should be a bit wider since I can miss enemies by and inch and contribute nothing.

That's his learning curve though, right?

Quepha1/30/2016, 9:05:49 PM1 votes

hitboxes are based on the ground, not floating around head height, your feet have to collide with the enemy hitbox and that doesn't appear to happen in either of those images.

Mack The Knife1/30/2016, 11:12:03 PM1 votes

Same here. 130k mastery points from playing the old Shen, and I find it much harder to land a taunt post-rework.

Snaplasher1/30/2016, 1:11:29 PM1 votes

Shen is a little wider after the update, but it looks like Shadow Dash stayed the same width. It throws me off hardcore lol.

Melledoneus1/31/2016, 3:47:20 AM1 votes

Oh, look. People noticed at last.

Hm... looks at watch ...took 3 years this time. Is that a record?