Petition to Scrap New Shen Kit.

playersName··6 votes·974 views

I know there are going to be mixed feelings about this thread as there are already mixed feelings about the new Shen. I think this needs to be done though for a number of different reasons. After reading about the new Rework as well as seeing how he plays on PBE and hearing the outcry from a massive amount of people I personally and I think quite a few other fellow players are not happy with this rework at all.

  1. Removing old Q has now destroyed not only his ability to sustain and ranged farm/harass toplane but almost certainly pushed him out of top lane all together with the current Meta.

  2. Making him pure Melee also destroy's almost any chance with the exception of a few matchup's for him to be viable toplane because of the new amazing creep block.

  3. Taking away 50% damage reduction from taunted targets is also a major blow because now he is even less viable for support shen with the removal of his ranged and sustain.

  4. Adding another dodge mechanic back into the game.... Why Rito? Why?! This was removed from the game years ago for very very good reason.

  5. The effing Spirit Sword..... First it makes no sense on Shen.... Like ever at all... I cant... It makes zero sense for some random spirit GIANT SWORD to be following around a.... Ninja! It also feels and looks just way too random and out of place on him as a character as well. Lets not also forget that the Q skill itself is just very poorly thought out. The mechanics of the skill itself seems like some ripped off form of Ori's kit.

  6. While I could go on I think those 5 points covered the main points of why this rework needs a rework or needs to be scrapped all together. But there is something that should be pointed out for fairness sake. While I am a fan off Shen's new VU.... I find it highly unfair that Surgeon Shen gets crocks and yet our beloved Graves is still without his trusty Cigar..... Rito Pls...item 3070

6 Comments

Dreadlocks3 votes

Yeah, 100% 50/50 for this update. I play shen a lot, so i obviously like him as he currently is. The only thing i dont like about current shen is how unimportant his W is. Everything else is fine to me, i love shen, hes very enjoyable the way he is.

New shen.. While some of it i can get use to, i cannot stand that i do even LESS damage than i currently do. Shen already lacks damage, and this new update takes away even more of his damage. In exchange for what? an Unneeded AoE dodge? I had damage reduction on E, For what a 35% slow if ppl ran away from me? I had E (which is on a lower CD than PBE shen) So i have a shield when i use a spell now, thats exactly what W did.. So why do i have to sacrifice my freaking Ki Strike Passive for it.

playersName2 votes

Yeah.... I keep trying to figure out the logic behind this new kit and where exactly its supposed to fit in the new Meta but I honestly cannot. There are just so many things to do not make sense with this rework.

Dreadlocks1 votes

At the end of the day this is what they did: Current =vs= PBE W active = Passive E Damage reduction = W AA dodge R = Same

Basically this is what it boils down to

Q = Less damage, no sustain, no poke, 35% slow if ppl run away from you Passive = No damage, instead gives a shield like old W E = Longer CD no Damage reduction, better use W right after.

Shahamut2 votes

1: Not even remotely true. Shen will still be a solid duelist in the top lane. You lose ranged poke, but you have a better shield and a temporary dodge. That is still sustain, just not in the form of healing.

2: Creep block was reverted. This is not a point.

3: He can have 100% DR vs taunted targets, as well as provide 100% DR from autos to his adc if he is supporting.

4: They removed Dodge as a stat that could be built. It was never fully removed from the game. See Jax.

5: This is really the only point that I sympathize with. Has nothing to do with him being a ninja, but I think what would have been cooler is if instead of a sword it was a spiritual "Eye of Twilight" that granted vision at its location.

6: Not sure why you labeled this one a point.

Having played him a bit on the PBE, I can assure you he hasn't lost any damage AT ALL, its either really close to the same or better.

bling55012 votes

dude i really dont like this rework and i never will and i really hate his new w and q and fuck the ghost blade bs

Hayaishi21 votes

The Q should atleast mark targets like the old one so he can sustain, otherwise he's dead in top lane.

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