I need help.

KingofTheCreek·5/27/2018, 5:48:50 AM·5 votes·5,606 views

So I played ranked yesterday and went from 0 LP to about 97 in Silver 5. I played Shen and did fairly well in those matches. Today was a different story, each game either was unfortunate match ups, another lane fed or we got matched with a troll. I'm not one to ONLY blame my teammates, after each death I analyze to see how could I could have done better. Most of the time my team does things that prevents us from winning. I'm at 44 LP now and I need to know what can I do in these situations to increase my chances. [sg-ahri-2]

6 Comments

Shattered Mind5/27/2018, 8:43:20 AM1 votes

Seem's to work like this.

What I do is play normals and if i win 2 normals, than i play ranked. Though i didnt do that today............. feeders all day today....

I also feel like the game is rigged against me.

ı Sona ı5/27/2018, 8:55:44 AM1 votes

Encourage your team and let them know that you believe in them and that if everyone remains calm, cool, and collected, that you can win the game as a team!

TheSingularity5/27/2018, 9:31:51 AM1 votes

The issues with shen is the same as me and Nautilus jg. Dependency on your team, lacks other options should that team fails and is simply weaker than most other champs atm. His ult is actually a unique weakness to shen.

Dependency on your team: His ult, shadow dash, shield and AA denial is allot of utility that takes up very sizable amount of his power budget that could otherwise be damage. He's an enabler for this very reason. Protecting your carries and turning 2v2's into 3v2's
He lacks waveclear and upfront tower dmg. The only option you have should your team fail is to split, which given that desc shen's simply not very good at. Now he can do it, really slowly.
Shen was nerfed like crazy due to his abundance in pro play. His ult was simply so valuable to Riot crippled his kit to make him as unattractive a pick as possible

And the unique one. Towers are weak and fall easily, so if you ult away, chances are you've lost tower. So that ult needs to get, at minimum a kill and a tower. Now let's briefly compare it to Karthus. He sees someone low, goes back to tower and ults. Chances are they're hit before they recall. Shen however is spur of the moment, there's no time to go back to tower. This makes shens ult far easier to interrupt and even turn into a kill. Shen is there as an ult bot. Once it's down it's essentially a 4v5 because with no execution ult, you lack kill pressure and the ult becomes far less useful once you start grouping.

So yeah, Shen probably isn't the best choice to climb regardless of your team mates. If you tell me what appeals to you about shen i could recommend similar pp, who have more control over how the game goes. But, if you're dead set on shen. Don't let up. Nautilus has only ever been a decent jungler for 4 months in season 5, and I managed to climb with him, which I will say was an absolute pain (such a fken slow climb my god)

DW Diana5/27/2018, 10:09:21 AM1 votes

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So I played ranked yesterday and went from 0 LP to about 97 in Silver 5. I played Shen and did fairly well in those matches. Today was a different story, each game either was unfortunate match ups, another lane fed or we got matched with a troll. I'm not one to ONLY blame my teammates, after each death I analyze to see how could I could have done better. Most of the time my team does things that prevents us from winning. I'm at 44 LP now and I need to know what can I do in these situations to increase my chances. [sg-ahri-2]

First off don't let this get you down. Silver is like this all the time, and gold isn't much better.

Shen's main advantage is his ability to effect other lanes with his ult, quickly giving a numbers advantage to your team. Galio works the same way for me in midlane. ping your team, ult the one that is closest to the enemy, and then the second you teleport down there taunt the fucker and stop them aa'ing you. You are NOT the damage, you are the tank, so do everything you can to keep them from running away or killing your damage dealer and they will tend to repay you but killing the people that are trying to kill you :P

Lastly understand this: You are NOT a carry. You are a split pushing tank. If your carry can't carry, then you will not win. This is something I had to come to terms with a while ago on Malzahar after the various nerfs turned him into a midlane support. Your only job is to try and give your damage dealers the best chance possible to carry, while not losing to your laner. And if you DO end up fed and late in the game, then maybe your damage might be worth a kill here and there xD

Daddy Ants5/27/2018, 10:33:59 AM1 votes

If you play a Tank you are at the mercy of your team to carry you.

Especially on a champion like Shen

I consider Shen to be more of an enabler.

A Good Shen who engages well and uses his ultimate well can contribute to carrying a game.

Jeanne fan club5/27/2018, 10:53:24 PM1 votes

if you get 2+ losses in ranked, spam normals the rest of the day in hopes that riots rigged matchmaking system will reset and let you go on a winstreak in ranked again.