They should honestly be relieved, would have been a very boring skinslot for him, especially when he already has other eastern inspired skins. Let's be upset that Zyra got a silly dragon sorceress skin instead of elderwood while we're at it!
The only reason I could see is that the teaser probably baited, but the teaser was definitely alluding towards this theme, so I'd consider it a dodged bullet.
It's probably because the teaser was kind of misleading.
How many champions in the game utilise a floating sword? And the particle effects underneath it look incredibly similar to Shen's ultimate.
Did I want one of these skins for him? No. Did I want a skin for Shen, as he hasn't gotten one in over 4 years? Yes.
(Fuck Yi getting another skin 5 months after Cosmic Blade).
People simply want a new Shen skin,because he didn't receive one in years.
The floating sword was very shenesq, plus it was black and some of them wanted a edgelord she skin thinking it was a corrupted Shen as if he became zed.
Funny thing is I told people it was a staff and not a Shen spirit sword. How strangely close I was when it turned out to be for Janna.
It was a combination of both the teaser as well as the fact that Shen hadn't received a new skin in years. The teaser (especially with the dark filter) bears a strong resemblance to Shen's spirit sword.
