Suggestions from the Shen mains

DepresShen·3/20/2017, 3:02:41 PM·4 votes·1,233 views

I used to play a lot of Shen, but as of recent, I feel like he's do or die. I currently have 85k mastery 7 Shen and need suggestions on runes. What I was thinking of going for were scaling health yellows, Attack speed reds, and flat MR blues (will buy scaling when I save IP). Along with these, some scaling armor quints to top it all off. As for masteries, obviously cotc, but what in between? I typically do 12/0/18.

I'm just trying to get my Shen back into ranked and his rune page is VERY important in terms of surviving the late game against Vayne or other tank shredders like Yi, Rengar, ect.

ANY suggestions are welcome. I'm here to learn.

Thanks in advance to all who reply!

3 Comments

Melledoneus3/20/2017, 11:17:50 PM2 votes

Feel free to look at my runes and masteries that I adjusted for my play style:

http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/54251758/Melledoneus#runes-and-masteries

Play him how you desire, but Grasp is far better in lane for Shen than Courage. The reason being because Shen cannot utilize the shield as well, especially since his CC is not reliable and shield stacking is a waste earlier on. Grasp is more reliable and fits Shen's short-skirmish style of harass.

The reason I do not take armor runes is because I plan to purchase plenty of armor regardless and health is a great way to scale harder against mages. I usually offset this by buying a cloth armor against heavy AD like Riven or Renekton. The health scaling offers a much better sunfire power spike and ensures you get the most out of your HP scalings.

Attack damage reds for early damage as well as forcing the opponent to buy two resistance types to mitigate my damage. Attack speed Quints for faster trades and better farming under tower. MR/level for obvious reasons.

WalkingInACircle3/20/2017, 3:26:12 PM1 votes

I use two pages, one with armor quints one with MR. Both use attack speed marks and flat HP seals and scaling Mr glyphs. I don't think of runes as important late game though.

12/0/18 grasp for me.

Hrm, should probably use scaling HP runes.

Makior723/20/2017, 3:33:17 PM1 votes

I used to play a lot of shen, here's what I run on him (varies depending on what my team needs out of me and who my lane opponent is)

Main Shen page: (kinda old, used mostly before his rework)

Magic Penetration +5.5 Health Regeneration per second +2.3 Armor +3 Magic Resist +12.1

Super strong early game / I'm against a melee and I want to win trades without trying because its fun starting the game with 1k HP

Health +181.3 Armor +6.3 +ruby crystal first item

Page I use when I need a bit more movement speed, usually used for lane opponents that can run away from me or make it harder to engage

Attack Damage +2.8 Armor +9 Magic Resist +12.1 % Movement Speed +4.5%

I'm no pro of course, but these are what I normally run on shen and they give me an ok success rate. Lately though I havnt been playing shen because there are a lot of people in my elo who do not know how to make good use of his ult (running away from a team fight instead of into it, slow reaction time, etc)