Maybe an idea to make Shens spirit sword not suck

Make the sword attached to his back (You know, like a ral sword) and make his Q work in 2 parts: First cast costs no energy deals no damage and throws the sword out in thesame linear skillshot way it now comes towards Shen, then stays where he threw it to. 1 second later, you can reactivate the ability at energy costs and activating his passive, pulling the sword back, and shen will be using it for the next 3 attacks.

The Bonus damage could be achieved by either hitting an enemy while throwing it, hitting an enemy while pulling it back or both.

Reduce the overall cooldown of the spell by one second and nothing is lost too.

This way the sword wouldnt look so terrible out of place and actually have interactions with Shen.