Let me explain why Shen's update is a failure.

At first i was excited, but the more and more i played Shen on PBE, and the more and more i thought about his new spells vs his old, the more i realized how hard he is being gimped. Allow me to explain.

All of Shen's abilties on live are currently still in Shens kit on PBE, just in different spots. For example: Shens E taunt live currently makes auto attacks deal 50% less damage. This got removed and shifted to his W which is now an AoE Dodge for you and your teammates for 1.75 seconds. Which situationally works on teammates (rarely) but more so benefits Shen support...

His live W, gives him a 220HP (+60%ap) shield for 3 seconds, on a 9 second CD that scales to 5. This abiltiy has been shifted to his passive, for a 52-120HP (14% bonus hp) shield that lasts 2.5 seconds, on a 10 second CD, which is then reduced by 4-7.5 seconds if a spell hits an enemy champion.

His R is pretty much the same, just a lil shorter CD @ rank 2, his E same, but 2 second longer CD, and however lower base damage but scales with HP, and does phys dmg. E and R changes...Not bad, don't really change much for Shen.

Here is the problem.. you have all these changes that i've listed, that arn't really "changes" they are just shifting his power into different spells with slightly different mechanics.

Basically what you are left with is a net-loss. You lose your sustain, your range poke, your damage on Q, which is now shifted into 3 auto attacks. And you lose your Ki-Strike damage passive.

I thought updates were suppose to make a champion feel better, I really liked Ashe's update, she feels the same, easier to play tbh, and does the same shit. She didn't lose damage, her slowing mechanic is actually enhanced, and with Shen, they literally kept E and R the same for the most part, and destroyed everything else. NO-ONE LIKES THIS AOE DODGE SHIT ANYWAYS.

TLDR: You are left with essentially the same Shen you have on Live, without Q.