Shen on jungle

Kitsune mura·Nov 5, 2019·4 votes·4,041 views

it would be nice if shen got a little boost on the JG, for example the Q pasive to hit faster works with the large monsters on the jungle , also can be with the W so he can block better the drake

2 Comments

TehNACHONov 5, 20193 votes

Shen's Q already gains a bonus for hitting Monsters. However, I don't think those are necessarily the buffs you are looking for to make Shen a more viable Jungler.

To me, Shen Jungle looks a lot like Warwick Jungle. A LOT of his power is hidden behind his Level 6 power spike. The problem is that he's really bad at getting there; without Tiamat and Bami's Cinder, he can't really clear the Raptors and Krugs very efficiently at all, which is downright key to Level 6 Junglers. Warwick gets around this because his Lv3 gank is incredibly reliable with proper utilization of his W. Shen...not so much.

What you would want are more reliable gank patterns (risky business since this may just break Support Shen (granted that's not that strong so maybe it's okay) ) or more reliable farming plans if there's no gank opportunities available. The latter is actually being addressed in S10 for Single Target and Farm Junglers like Warwick and Shen, so if anything that's one of the buffs you should look out for for him. The former however is a dangerous proposition to play with. The tools that makes Shen's Lv2/3 Ganks so strong are the exact same that makes laning Shen the absolute worst to stand anywhere near in the early game, and balancing that is difficult.

DadnektonNov 6, 20193 votes

No, it would be really dumb. You can't balance champions around multiple roles, because if you change them for one role, you might inadvertently buff/nerf them for their other role. If a champion is good in multiple roles by the way, it usually just means they're broken.