Small Shen buff to help laning.

;_;

I know...

Anything helps. And it will also help for jungling very well.

I can think of reasons why the dash could afford to be changed. For one, older champs have incredibly binary kits, Shen's E being either used as a short range escape or a taunt in teamfights/ganks. This would allow him to use it to clear minions and give more choices to Shen players.

Also, I know Shen is a tank, but even Malphite has his W passive and E to help him quickly clear a wave if he wants to push it. Shen was to rely solely on his autos and Q, making his clear dreadfully slow even if he wants to push.

I see little reason to oppose a change like this, especially if Riot did what I would expect and have it deal reduced damage to minions.

I'm going to ask you this, then; why are champions like and nerfed if and when they get high win rates?

Shen may have good power control compared to some other champions in top lane, but they get the upper hand with farm. Farming early gives faster experience, which gives more power. Power Shen won't get until late game.

I have to use a Q + W + passive combo just to survive the early game. I then find myself struggling hard in mid game. And come out with a weak late game because of no CS from early or mid to get the items I need. The only way to get the CS is to either have jungle camp top, or steal monsters (if you can).

I do remember back when E did do damage to minions. It did have a reduction on it, and it allowed me to do close range then back away dealing damage to the minions. Since the nerf, I found it hard to farm without to speed up my passive.