Kinky Ninja's shower thoughts: Why I stopped playing Shen

When I first started playing this game in Season 2, my favorite champions were Talon and Shen. Talon is still one of my favorite champions. But Shen fell out of my favor.

Why?

I didn't know at first.

But the more experienced I became at the game throughout the last 3 and a half years, the more I understood.

His skill cap is just too low.

I'm an intelligent person and I've had a knack for videogames since a young age. I learn fast. Shen was very nice as an easy starter champion, and despite how much I love Shen, the more I played him, the less fun I had with the game.

There just aren't enough nuances in his kit.

Think about it. Have you ever noticed how hard it is to differentiate between a good Shen and a bad one?

Shen just does...Shen things. The most skill-showing part of his kit is his E. The way it interacts with Flash, when you use Flash while in the dash, etc. That's it. Timing of your ult as well as map and team awareness, and that's it. You're just a brick wall that moves and sustains.

His skill cap just isn't high enough for me.

That's why I play champions like Yasuo and Zed, and sometimes Talon. Because I don't like being limited. I don't want my potential to be brought down by the lack of skill that my champion requires. Look at Nunu. Look how binary his kit is. Not a single skillshot anywhere. The most creative thing you can do with him is ult in a fucking bush. That should say a lot about how low skill cap he is. And he's just one example.

So yeah. That's why I don't play a champion I like anymore very often. He's just not skillful enough.

I still play Shen, just not as often as I used to when I was starting out.

At the end of the day, I wish he was more than a starter crutch to me. I like him, but Zed will forever be my main Kinky Ninja.