Titanic Hydra or Tri-force on Shen?

8 bit planet·9/2/2015, 6:08:18 PM·3 votes·3,711 views

Hello guys! i've recently picked up Shen and suprisingly love this champ, especially with Titanic Hydra. I've been wondering if Tri-Force is a better damage option as alot of people still tend to build it.

Attributes I'd like considered:

  • Splitpush (Waveclear & Dueling)
  • Kit & Item Synergy (Hydra seems to synergize better with his core items and his Passive and Q scale off HP as well)
  • Which gives an earlier/better power-spike

18 Comments

Aatrox Herself9/2/2015, 6:16:15 PM3 votes

I build a botrk and go full tank. Look at this:

Also looking at this makes me way too happy.

HEAljvLykd9/2/2015, 6:09:29 PM2 votes

Probably neither.

Axests9/2/2015, 6:23:45 PM2 votes

i'd say you'd want titanic over triforce, no wasted stats, is good with the rest of his build. I've been going botrk, titanic, then full tank items.

BluePolarizer9/2/2015, 11:06:39 PM1 votes

Titanic all the way. It gives more waveclear than sunfire and scales way better into late game.

item 3748 item 3143 item 3075 item 3065 item 3111 item 3742 makes you extremely tanky, have great waveclear and have very respectable autoattack damage.

NoPaxt9/3/2015, 8:27:18 PM1 votes

item 3091 is the only offensive item I ever use with Shen .

Outside of that, it's full tank....

Lonesinner10/3/2015, 11:02:28 AM1 votes

here we go then Botrk: +dueling potential, good sustained damage, stronger healing, good vs tanks, high AS -low base dmg, no wave clear, no defensive stats outside healing Titanic hydra: +strong waveclear/grants minimal aoe dmg, good splitpush, highest base dmg, health stats, active works on towers -no AS Triforce: +best splitpush, good AS, strongest burst, dueling potential, health stats -low base dmg, waste mana stat, no waveclear Wit's End: +good vs tanks, mr, high AS, shreds MR for shen mgc dmg, cheap -no waveclear, no AD, OHE does not apply on towers

Tbh I take either triforce or titanic but you can take any one of the 4. My suggestion is if you take botrk, tri or wits you must have a sunfire cape. Sunfire cape should be essential but deadman's plate is really good on Shen. These items should be your priority depending on the enemy team
Essential: spirit visage, deadman's plate Waveclear: sunfire cape, titanic hydra Vs hyper carries/ heavy crits: raduin's omen, thornmail