Quick thought before PYKE goes live on servers. (Shen Rework!)

My first look at Pyke abilities reminded me of how Shen rework should have worked around before he got a gameplay update. I am not sure if this has already been discussed. So here we go.

Shen, a ninja defined by his trait to stand as a protector, has his whole kit built around health. I know top lane shen players might not like the approach of seeing Shen as a support player. But the kit that Pyke is looked at from dev point of view is support. His invis could have been the W for shen , bringing him closer to being played as ninja. The health passive is perfect for a tank support like Shen without going full damage. Pyke's E dash already correlates to Shen's shadow dash giving fairly the same visibility and strength in terms of crowd control. Currently, Shen relies too much on just his Q and E abilities so much so that you can end games without ever putting points in W.

On the contrary, Pyke feels like he has affinity to jungle and have more impact in pick comps which have element of surprise. Like eve, twitch or kha for example. The current direction feels like you put Eve in bot lane. Have her scale from health, give her execute kill and exp to teammate and she's a support. That is not how players look at a champ. His whole identity is lost when he has no synergy with his abilities and his teammates, when he is listed as a support. This for me personally is just a lackluster job of coming up with a good support. (My own opinion, others might disagree). I was hoping that when the first teaser went up mentioning "Dark support" I was expecting a Darkin as a support tbh.

I know this might not make a difference with Pyke going live or any other champs for the matter of fact. Just my 2 cents on what the dev team could think about. = "New Champ"