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About Shen's Spirit Blade......

EmollientNut0··2 votes·553 views

A 14-foot sword follows around somewhere behind him, he grabs it, no extra range. What? item 3113 item 1042 item 3113

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junglerboy162 votes

The issue with giving bonus range to him is that late game Shen basically uses it on cooldown and has about 90% uptime on the empowered hits, so it would just be a range buff late game instead of a gameplay altering mechanic.

Maybe have the bonus from striking a champion (which makes it more rewarding) give 25 additional range for each of the 3 hits?

EmollientNut01 votes

I feel like it would be worth balancing it out to add range in general to explain the size of the sword, and make his play slightly closer to his original kit. I feel an extra 50-100 could be easily balanced in

junglerboy161 votes

To be fair, the spirit sword is at most 6-7 feet tall on its own, and the one he uses in his attack is just his own straight sword imbued with Ki to deal extra damage. I agree it's larger than his dagger/scimitar thing that his normal AAs use, but not 100 range more.

50 bonus range would be a stretch imo, especially for a three hit bonus like this (most other abilities that increase AA range are one hit buffs

EmollientNut01 votes

Maybe in that case even do the extended range just on the last of 3 hits? Even that would add to the continuity and have more hints of his old playstyle

Tanadris2 votes

Elastic Tether should launch Sword forward for damage.

EmollientNut01 votes

That would be nice too, I know his play style's been altered but anything that extends over 125 range would be nice

Sire Hippington1 votes

it actually gives him 75 bonus range

junglerboy162 votes

Source?

EmollientNut01 votes

Yeah, I've been looking everywhere and haven't found anything mentioning a bonus. Plus watching gameplay I don't see it

Sire Hippington1 votes

i've played him on PBE...

http://boards.pbe.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/champions-gameplay-feedback/KYJ0fE4c-shens-q-gives-75-extra-range-on-its-3-autos-but-this-isnt-mentioned-anywhere

junglerboy161 votes

Cool, thanks!

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