Does Shen's Vorpal blade need a buff?

Samflash3··1 votes·829 views

Way too weak for the role it would be great in (support bot lane) and it's not that great of a sustain in lane.

Of course it would be OP if the heal was strong but what do you think?

Personally, I wish his Q would heal him and the nearest ally every time he attacks a bladed target.

7 Comments

OJ1913 votes

yes, shen's "vorpal blade" needs a buff

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Leon9623 votes

Nah, it's pretty okay. 1.5% of your max health on a 6 sec cooldown, that potentially your entire team can benefit from? It's pretty good as is. Maybe jack up the early numbers a bit, is all I can think to do.

Samflash31 votes

Say Shen has 2600 health = 39 health regenerated over 3 seconds.

Adding the 26 health regen that comes inbuilt = 65 health over 3 seconds = 21 health per second over 3 seconds at MAX level and Shen amount of tankyness.

Is that worth? Sure the global team effect may be great but it doesn't really heal much and it's dependant on your team attacking.

Hayaishi2 votes

He needs his kit reworked so he is actually useful beyond his ultimate.

SparrowPriest1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbr8Rcktsu4 His kit is perfect for the jungle.

Sooko1 votes

I think that his dash is the real issue. It costs way too much energy, while the other ninjas tend to spend most of their game above half their total energy (Zed is an exception when he goes in for a kill, but not before).

But deep down, most (if not all) of Shen's abilities need a buff. Q could heal more (although its his best skill right now), W is almost worthless, E costs too much energy, R's cooldown is huge. His passive seems more than fine, though.

Rebonack1 votes

His Vorpal Blade should have a 5% chance to crit and on a crit deals 9999 true damage.

Why name something Vorpal Blade if it can't insta-gib Crit someone?

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