Shen and Zed Vs event.

IAmS0rry·Apr 12, 2019·5 votes·6,313 views

Have the riot employees ever thought of doing Shen and Zed for a V.S event? I think it would be so cool especially with the nerfs and buffs zed and Shen are getting at the moment. I'm just fan boying haha. I think it would be fantastic though as a event as they are adopted brothers in the lore and how Shen wants Zed dead and vise versa. Plus it's like a good V.S evil thing right that's perfect for those two characters in general zed wanting to kill everyone in his way while Shen is protecting everyone. I just think these characters are meant for this event.

8 Comments

ShmeeveApr 12, 20192 votes

Shadow lord Zed vs Twilight lord Shen

Ahri BakaApr 12, 20192 votes

But we will know who will win tho Zed is the second most popular champion in the game after Yasuo lol

Remember the Riven VS Yasuo , it was so stupid to even think for a Second Riven would win

And Zed has just received a legendary skin
So I don't think it's this year's VS

But yeah Zed vs Shen is a good idea and had always been in mind

Vulkus IApr 12, 20192 votes

Riot forgets that Shen exists, it will never happen unfortunately.

Ao DraconaApr 12, 20191 votes

Probably not gonna be a shen vs zed event for a while because zed is just getting his galaxy slayer legendary skin so yeaaaa, but maybe shen can make an appearance in the odyssey universe with him bearing a legendary skin maybe galaxy protector shen or something being an opposition against zed

ShenguApr 12, 20191 votes

I think that Shen vs Zed would be amazing. in r/Shen people were hoping that the vs event would be that, but you know what? CATS VS DOGS give it a couple years

Chembaron YamadaApr 12, 20191 votes

Yes, Shen and Zed are an iconic rivalry for League, but like Hikari Sakata already pointed out, it would be a bit one sided. Zed is way more popular than Shen, there is no doubt that he would win such an event.

Besides, Zed is getting a legendary skin already and there are tons of other iconic rivalries Riot would be able to pick from: Viktor VS Jayce Caitlyn / VS Jinx Rengar VS Khazix Diana VS Leona (they are not really rivals anymore, but the community wants it) Ornn VS Volibear Hecarim VS Kalista Lucian VS Thresh Renekton VS Nasus Morgana VS Kayle Warwick VS Singed Irelia / Urgot VS Swain Zac VS Twitch Sejuani VS Ashe VS Lissandra Azir VS Xerath

4 Step CadenceApr 12, 20192 votes

Jhin VS Shen & Zed seems like it would be a better opinion than just Zed VS Shen. As others have pointed out, Shen isn't very popular and he'd surely lose against Zed. However, I'm curious as to if they'd both be able to take down Jhin in a VS event, or if they'd both end up dying.

It would be in an AU, of course, which one I'm not exactly sure at the moment. The story I'd imagine would go like this, though;

Zed & Shen set out on their own quests to hunt down Jhin.
They find and confront him separately at first, the popularity of the champions at this point in time deciding who gets severely wounded and who seeks out who for help(examples, Shen confronts Jhin and gets hurt, so he goes to find Zed for help/Zed confronts Jhin and hurts him, so he goes to find Shen so they can finish him off).
They track down Jhin one last time for the final showdown, the popularity of the 3 deciding who lives or dies.
Zed and Shen's popularity is counted together at this point so Shen doesn't just die because no one loves him. If he dies, I want it to be because Zed couldn't carry him.

I am still a bit disappointed that Jhin and Zed's legendaries aren't connected, but eh. I just want the dynamics between these 3 to be explored at some point, because they're interesting. Not as interesting as some of the other rivalries you mentioned, but still interesting nonetheless.

Chembaron YamadaApr 12, 20191 votes

This approach I can agree with, I actually had the same idea for an event with Caitlyn / VS Jinx because it has the same problem like the dynamic with Zed.

One of them alone is not popular enough to have a chance against Jinx in a VS event, but if Vi and Caitlyn would count together against Jinx, then it could get way closer imo. And both of these events would make sense in lore, too, since both examples are forming a team to bring down the villain in the lore as well.

The only thing speaking against this for me is that both Jhin and Zed are already getting Legendary skins this year..... Yes, Darius was a precedence by having 2 legendaries now, too, since the VS event. But having 2 champions in a single VS event which already have legendary skins seems a bit much and could feel hella unfair for players who are waiting for legendary skins for their own champions....

Same applies in the case of Caitlyn / Vi VS Jinx, of course, since Cait and Jinx both have legendaries as well. So I think we should probably serve other iconic rivalries first here.