What Makes Shen Difficult Over the Rest of Top Lane

1. Difficulty farming early game while simultaneously grasp procing with only 1 damaging ability to minions and hard to hit cc dash.
2. Map awareness and decision making skills. Shens ult is at a base of 200s at lvl 1 so be wise when using it.
3. Difficulty being able to kite and always get empowered auto Qs.
4. Using W for the most opportune teamfights.
5. The champions success 100% depends on the teams ability to work together.
6. Passive management and build pathing.
7. Flash taunt is one of the easier to learn traits but still have a somewhat difficult learning curve.
8. Energy conservation.

All 8 of these traits make shen extremely more difficult than most other champs. He needs a good early game and good teammates to be at half of his potential. The rest is correct Q positioning flash E hits. If you miss empowered Q you lose more than half your dmg in combos. Keep in mind that Shen Q is his main source of dmg and farming mech.