Lets talk about Shen

Ultra Animal·Dec 17, 2014·4 votes·707 views

So to make it clear, shen is a tank that is designed to forcibly direct damage to him from his allies (like rammus). In other words, he is supposed to be a super tank with not much offensive, I see allot of posts about reworking shen into a bruiser which is the wrong path in which shen needs buffs.

The only buff that shen could use is his feint, season 5's top laners consist of tanky hp sustaining champions and yes shens Q is awesome but he lacks the damage to beat his opponent in a juan v juan. I don't mind this, shen needs to be buffed in his defensive play. Buffing his Feint could bring him back to the super tank he once was before season 4, my idea was to add a Hp missing scaling to his W, not only would this be very unique but its a buff that fits the champs design.

Feel free to disagree, I just hope this catches Riots eye, just look at that kitten! D:

6 Comments

ExecutorDillDec 18, 20142 votes

I totally agree with you, you know I had the same missing health idea for shen on my posts. It really does fit him because the shield will only become stronger in over stayed combat like what he is meant for plus it will greatly increase his ability to survive last hits. You know shen seems pretty basic to a lot of people. But their is a lot going on beneath his innate and 3 abilities, it's magical xD, when I first played him I never noticed of the synergy everything shared. Buff Feint> equals buffed passive rest> equals quicker damage/energy regen equals more abilities. His E, Passive, W, Q, Auto, Auto, Pasive combo can be good burst. But I still think it's not enough. Here are some of my not so absurd changes:

Vorpal Blade Range: increased to 500 from 475 Base Mov Spd: Increased to 340 from 335 Vorpal Blade Heal: Increased to 6/12/18/24/30 +1.75% max health from 6/10/14/18/22 +1.5% max health Base/Scaling Values of VB and Feint: 65/105/145/185/225 +65% AP Base Armor: Increased to 28 from 26 (it's actually 25.7 I think but I just gave it the round off)

Some more drastic changes: Increase the hitbox and duration of shadow dash.

RumblesMeatballsDec 18, 20142 votes

and then you realize that Feint causes his passive to go down one extra second per hit while its shield is up lol

his 1v1 ability is also a lot stronger than you think and any matchups he doesn't win in a 1v1 is usually against champs that counter him anyways o.O his Q and his passive are what really help him put out all the damage that he's able to put out and come out with little to no damage done to him (also his W and E help with having near 0 damage done to him lol)

honestly in this current meta he does ok against many top laners but i think its best to use him in the jungle in this meta since there are little to no champs that get used in the jungle right now that actually counter him and his ganks are great both pre and post 6 and with the new jungle items i don't see how he could do bad

idk what kind of buff you're looking for with his shield i mean maybe do like what they did with Sion's shield and have be based on a % of his HP? but i can't think of any other kind of buff that wouldn't just make his shield too strong

Ultra AnimalDec 18, 20141 votes

I don't want to change anything else about Shen, he's fun as is and I like him not being op like other top laners. I just have always seen his shield not be of any use because you really don't build ap on him. Rylais if anything, but i prefer frozen mallet because of his passive. His W barely blocks one auto from an adc late game.

RumblesMeatballsDec 18, 20141 votes

that's partially what his E is for tbh tho. if you E and W someone even if its the entire enemy team and you built full tank you're gonna be taking almost no damage and get off perhaps 2-3 autos which will allow his passive to come back off CD. but i can understand buffing it in some regard.

i think nerfing it so he gets less per level up but gaining more based on his HP or his MR/Armor then it'll still be a buff in the end especially for his late game is all it needs

Ultra AnimalDec 19, 20141 votes

His W definitely needs different scaling.