AS Bruiser Shen jungle

Visigoth··2 votes·841 views

Shen is a ninja. Ninja's shouldn't be full tank. I'm gonna embrace that. I main jungle, but this idea could probably work top also.

So most people play Shen full tank top, using him as an initiator. Now, most players would agree Shen is not nearly OP. Most would even agree that he is in fact UNDER powered. But what if we're playing him wrong?!

The idea: Shen summoner 11 summoner 4 or summoner 11 summoner 12 to be everywhere, all the time. item 3718, we're gonna have attack speed, and if we smite those fools and taunt then, they are not winning that fight. item 3153 Again, attack speed. And it gives us a slow to land taunt easier. item 3078 That first auto with Sheen proc and your passive will hurt. A lot. item 3117/item 3047/item 3111 Mobo's early for roaming (jungle obviously). Merc's for heavy CC like Leona or Nautilus. Ninja Tabi's obviously because you're a ninja you will be in auto attack fights during taunt. item 3065/item 3102 Spirit for healing, Banshee if they have abilities you really can't afford to be hit by, like Morg Q. item 3143/item 3075/item 3068 If you need to slow AS, Randuin's definitely. If they have lots of Auto attackers then Thornmail. Remember though, your only other source of HP will be Visage/Banshee's. Sunfire could work but the others have a lot more utility (Randuin's better stats and Thornmail obviously because Taunt). NOTE: Tri-Force can be switched out for additional defense item if necessary or preferred. If you feel you need the extra HP/armor from Randuin's but want that thornmail, I would probably switch out the Trinity.

Don't build Shen full tank. That's silly, he's a ninja, we gotta give him some damage.

Thoughts? Remember, I am by no means a Shen pro, just thought it would be fun to try this. I'll update this. after I get a chance to play it.

9 Comments

XxxLumberJackxxX1 votes

Why are you stacking AS on shen? He has no AS scaling. Or are you just trying to force some dmg on him by getting them?

I like getting tiamat, then 2 tank items, then maybe another dmg item/upgraded to hydra after evaluating. THis is on top shen. his jungle clear is far too slow for jungling him right now.

Visigoth1 votes

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Why are you stacking AS on shen? He has no AS scaling. Or are you just trying to force some dmg on him by getting them?

I like getting tiamat, then 2 tank items, then maybe another dmg item/upgraded to hydra after evaluating. THis is on top shen. his jungle clear is far too slow for jungling him right now.

its not supposed to be practical. although hydra does seem like it could be useful since you would get more damage to split push. the main reason you would get attack speed is because you can proc the heal on your Q constantly so 1v1ing someone who is taunted would be a guaranteed win

LilxPaprika1 votes

also helps with refunding his energy. attack speed really good on him

Svddenly1 votes

His passive (ki strike) has its cooldown reduced by autoattacks.

XxxLumberJackxxX1 votes

and please dont go smite tp.

SyrupNWaffles1 votes

I go... AP Shen :|

Nashors, Liandrys Torment, and then full tank from there because all of his abilities scale with AP and that sweet cooldown for his ult

LilxPaprika1 votes

yep this sounds good, you could also go with zhonias instead of lianries (with hp per level seals and 2 flat armor quints). can save you from a lot of damage as well. its good if your low on energy too and need time to regain some to taun away after. item 3115 item 3709 item 3157 item 3158 item 3102 item 3143 i just like max cdr hence the cooldown boots. you could get spirivt visage but imo q is soso on him. since often times the person you q might be out of reach/dash away. Unlike irelia that can get the heal off each of her autos no matter the target. granted shen's q heal is quite better. when you have considerable hp to boot.

LilxPaprika1 votes

also if you'd like to see more item synergy with shen check out this post: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/QsAVNLnb-riot-request-to-have-these-item-modifications-added-to-pbe-for-testing

all items suggestions covered there could be great on shen. if they had a 250/300 mana iceborn gauntlet option id feel less adverse to getting it on him. or a lich bane that did not require stacking ap. Option to have the slow active on hextech revolver instead of cutlass when building gunblade... and rageblade buff.

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

It is certainly a viable build, but you run into a whole slew of problems with running Shen jungle.

Not going into those, I think you could probably just go Devourer / Wit's End and that would be all the dps you'd need. A BotRK would be top of the line, and it would improve your capability to duel a lot. I would argue that anything more than three DPS items is a bad idea, and that you wouldn't survive in fights.

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