Why is Shen getting nerfed patch after patch?

Takahashi93·9/11/2018, 4:52:26 PM·3 votes·745 views

Shen is very difficult to play at low-elo, and i don't think Riot should nerf him just because of High-elo pro players. You see Pro-players actually have a competent team for the most part. In low elo, Shen's ult isn't very useful if your team doesn't know when to go in or your team is so squishy that your ult ends up being wasted. Shen is very reliant on team play and not so much a solo carry/lane winning champ. So if your team is bad, you're bad... If anything Shen needs buffs and a possible rework to compete with the current top-laner meta. Every current top-laner outpokes/farms Shen. He either needs a wave-clear or a ranged poke to be viable anymore. I suggest converting his W to a waveclear instead of a shield, or make it a shield that does damage ala tiamat/bami. Or make his Q throwable, 1st Q is a normal Q and tapping it twice throws it. Or give it a mechanic similar to Yasuo where you need to hit 3 times and then you can throw it.

3 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon9/11/2018, 4:54:12 PM2 votes

If a champion was busted at your tier, but useless in all others, wouldn't you want Riot to nerf that champion then?

Same thing here. Shen is too strong in pro-play, ergo he still needs nerfs.

Takahashi939/11/2018, 4:58:52 PM2 votes

There are countless busted champions worse than Shen, try every other toplaner at the moment. 99% of the playerbase shouldnt have to suffer because of a High-elo player witha competent team. It is almost impossible to win lane as Shen in the current meta, you will always lose lane and have to make up for it by pushing other lanes. Its really not ideal or fair.

Ashe mage AD9/11/2018, 6:09:30 PM1 votes

Is this PBE related? What other nerfs he got aside from the Q nerf which was about 10 patches ago already.