Any fun, high damage, off-meta Shen builds?

F1SHEYES··2 votes·2,907 views

Could someone give me a rune page and item build for Shen that is off-meta, high damage, and FUN? I'm not having much fun grinding out those S ranks (wait.. what S ranks???) for mastery 6 and maybe 7. I prefer Shen in the jungle by the way. I also wanna be useful in team fights. [sg-ahri-2]

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Bruh im ok2 votes

go adc style if you want "fun" get item 3087 item 3031 item 3072 ( boots = item 3006 or item 3047 or item 3111 ) item 3156 build tank to survive longer in teamfights build -> item 3071 item 3022 item 3748 item 3074

gabetheguy2 votes

AP shen.

Reasonover2 votes

One shen build I love to do sometimes is to go AP attack speed shen (not fully though)item 3115 , item 3124, and then for tank stats possibly a item 3001 (for the extra aura damage). I would then go into more tanky items such as a item 3022 , or a item 3065 . The fun thing about it is that his Q and R scale off of his AP. His Q has a ratio of 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health. Lets say you have 300 ap. That means that if his Q passes through a champion and you attack them for 3 autos you will be doing at least 36% of the targets MAX HEALTH. Remember your Q is on a 6 ish second cooldown so you would be able to use this about 1-2 times during a fight. if you use it twice that is 72% OF THEIR MAX HP gone. Its really fun, you just need to be careful about when to engage.

Another one (more troll) is where you build item 3107 , item 3504 , and item 3222 (would not recommend becuase he loses out on important stats) but is really fun because of his ult. It makes his ult 30% stronger on allies because of the Forrbiden Idol passive (10% healing/sheilding power). Possibly go a little ap and then maybe a Spirit Visage?

Tell me what you think!

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F1SHEYES1 votes

Yeah semi-on hit Shen sounds good but what about runes? Also should I go item 3074 for wave clear? Edit: item 3117 for fun for something else?

Reasonover1 votes

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Yeah semi-on hit Shen sounds good but what about runes? Also should I go item 3074 for wave clear? Edit: item 3117 for fun for something else?

If the game lasts long enough I would switch to a titanic. Also just to make sure you know how grading system works. Yes KDA is important but above all, GET THAT CS. When you see people going 19/4/7 and getting an S- it is likely because they are having sub-sub-par cs for their champion at their role. Its much MUCH easier to get an S going 3/0/2 with 8+ cs per min. If need be what i did with nasus is just chill in my lane and try not to die to ganks and farm the enemy/our jungle whenever I could. Remember you can get an S if you lose!

Reasonover1 votes

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Yeah semi-on hit Shen sounds good but what about runes? Also should I go item 3074 for wave clear? Edit: item 3117 for fun for something else?

Ah yes, for runes you have multiple options. If you would like a safer experience laning/teamfighting go aftershock, font of life, conditioning, second wind and then go Precision with Alacrity and Triumph. If you want more skirmisher go Grasp with font of life, conditioning, second wind and then Precision with Alacrity and Triumph. My personal favorite is going Lethal Tempo (although can be bad if not building attack speed, if you go lethal tempo i would go wits end in your build on top of gnashors) and then going Alacrity, Triumph, and then Coup de Grace and then going into Resolve tree and going Second Wind and Conditioning.

I hope my advice helps!

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F1SHEYES1 votes

Can I try something super off-meta like fleet footwork or predator? Last time I tried predator it didn't work Rip I prefer Shen jungle and got my first S (S-) with AP Shen jungle while losing How is unsealed spell book on Shen? It seems ok if I go for green smite..

Reasonover1 votes

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Can I try something super off-meta like fleet footwork or predator? Last time I tried predator it didn't work Rip I prefer Shen jungle and got my first S (S-) with AP Shen jungle while losing How is unsealed spell book on Shen? It seems ok if I go for green smite..

If you wanted to go fleet footwork I would go a chasing build (item 3022 and Approach velocity) Preadator shen jungle could possibly work, the only problem with shen is that he kinda gets outscaled from pure tanks, but doesn't completely fall off because of his auto attack block. I would try fleet footwork and then preadator. And yes you would want to apply pressure very early in the game due to his falling off (35+ min) and then gank gank gank gGANK GANK GANK GANK like a madman. Never tried unsealed spellbook, although it probably is viable, although I dont know how much becuase of the 10% nerf it got this patch.

P.S. : Did you look at my 3 shen support games? :p

F1SHEYES1 votes

Damn son those support games! Yeah I played a lot of Shen support (I play jungle and sometimes support because I suck at CSing LOL) but most of the time I had a feeding ADC even though I played decently. (And also maybe because every bot lane was item 3302 Blitzcrank +item 3302 Vayne ) What off-meta rune page would you recommend for bruiser Shen jungle? (I like to stay away from Grasp or Aftershock (Even though I love it) Maybe rush item 3115 +item 3124 , item 3009 ,item 3074 , item 3091 , then situational items?

F1SHEYES1 votes

Press the Attack maybe?

Reasonover1 votes

Also you might want trying Shen support. His damage pre level 6 is crazy stupid (not becuase after level 6 he loses damage, just that others are able to do more to him). His Q doing % max health is very strong. I normally go aftershock and go in at level 3. The auto attack blocker is crazy stupid when trading becuase the enemy adc can't attack you (duh). Here are some games for proof of my success on him support.

I got 3 S games in a row, to bad I didn't have level 5 mastery, coulda gotten level 6/7 pretty easily. FeelsBadMan

https://imgur.com/a/rycjW

Tell me what you think!

P.S. : I love people who show enthusiasm for a champion and want to play them different ways, a lot more fun IMO. You might have been able to tell by the length of my posts xD)

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Reasonover1 votes

Yes, Press the attack would be your keystone of choice. Now if going jungle Shen (in my opinion) I would go Bloodrazer, and then gnashors, then build situationally.

F1SHEYES1 votes

If I'm going for attack speed "bruiser" build (item 1419 ,item 3006 item 3074 item 3115 item 3091item 3124 ) would I want press the attack or lethal tempo?

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