as some of u know taric and shen are getting reworked , so i was wondering if u guys any idea of skills u would give him to have an idea of what we will be faced with. or just any cool concepts for skills for those 2
A visual update for Shen would be nicer than a gameplay one.
What Shen has right now:
Q - Decent damage through early/mid game, low range but workable. Regen per max health gives him a sustain boost in lane, barely noticeable in teamfights.
Proposed changes:
Change to a melee combo, where it behaves like Riven's Q but needs a auto attack to initiate the animation. Instead of damage and mobility, it could enhance upon what Vorpal Blade already does: Magic damage and regeneration. First attack should deal some magic damage, second additional magic damage Vorpal Blade regen triggers for Shen, third attack deals additional magic damage and leaves the Vorpal Blade mark (a more powerful one than he currently has). This effectively takes away his only poke, but opens up room to move some real power into his Q (and cool animations, with special ones for a Ki strike proc would be great)
W - Its a useful tool, and the utility to reduce cooldown on Ki strike is great. The shield is okish, not great but not bad.
Proposed changes:
Difficult to change this to a more ninjaish theme without making it super op, I feel it should remain a utility skill that enhances upon Shen's survivability but maybe it could offer something to the team. I would suggest a smoke bomb that blocks vision from outside the circle, but offers vision inside it (contemplating on letting friendlies have vision to outside, while inside to prevent trolling). This would allow Shen to taunt a enemy and remove their vision of the world around them, or hide a friendly, it would also distance the good Shen's from the bad Shen's (lol did you just save that enemy from Cait ult). Shen should get the extra Ki strike cooldown on hit if he is fighting within the smoke. It could also help immensely with objectives, since Shen can hide them for a short period. Forcing the enemy to enter the smoke to steal. I would not make it actual invisibility, but more like Graves. Leaving the smoke should instantly reveal you.
E - Feel like this is his signature skill, I wouldn't change it except for moving the damage from it to the Q. I've unintentionally stolen kills with that 50 magic damage taunt (level it last). A updated animation would be cool though.
R - Also a signature skill, difficult to buff without breaking into the op realm. But lackluster if it is no longer global, maybe a updated animation where the Eye of Equilibrium is displayed on the shielded champ.
Passive - I personally love the way Ki strike works right now, it should give each version of Q a different animation while retaining the regular animation for a regular auto attack. This would give Shen a fresh feel, without actually changing too much about his passive.
Shen scales with health, ap (though ap Shen is bad) and AS. I feel this is in a good spot, though the ap ratio's on Shen are really good it really does nothing for the team to go ap.
I would love to see Shen have something thematic to his title: The Eye of Twilight. Maybe give him the equivalent of a 1 second red trinket every time he uses an ability? Make it a passive on his ult so he cant have it till 6. Just something.
I'd imagine that Taric is almost done considering they are redo-ing him next and he's been stated to be the next one. They wouldn't say that if they didn't know what they had planned. They have openly asked for ideas on shen though....
