Fun, but ******!

Good guide, an update would be useful^^

Well, even though I'm +1 this guide, you must improve your guide good sir. First of all Leveling Vorpal blade over Shadow dash first would be a much better choice due to the fact that leveling Shadow Dash, lowers the cooldown by .5 seconds a level, and a very low damage increase. While Vorpal blade will at least have a lower cooldown and a bit more damage. And the items in the guide doesn't make you tanky enough to work as a melee ap burst champ. Another thing in this guide that needs improving is, that you need to work on yor guide some more, there was just not enough to read, I finished reading in only about 10 minutes, when most guides take about 20-40 minutes to read. Please use some of the suggestions here in the comment section to improve your guide. Thank you.

Potato Sack!

Well.. i just read this Guide and I have to say that I tried AP-Shen in many variations and i have got some questions:
1.) Why do you skill your taunt so fast? Seems not usefull to me because you can spam that Vorpal Blade and heal you like hell..(Even if that destroys the title of the Guide :/)
2.) If you play as Ap carry I noticed that you have to put some more early points to your shield.. Simply because you can ignore their harrassment and do your job..
3.) As Onrion said it's nearly impossible to taunt all 5 enemies. That's why I would suggest to play Ap Shen only in 2v2/3v3 (Aram is also fun but this is another discussion I guess)
4.) To end it i would suggest that it might be usefull to get Rylai's earlier because you deal a bunch of DMG with your KI-Strike..

I'll see later for any answers.. If there are any errors I apologize but it's really late right now and I have to go to bed.. =)

Greetz Insane

Alright, I'm not a big fan of Shen to start with lol... But I guess if you're going for the troll Shen build then... Although
I see a high need for a Warmog's Armor since he needs to live the taunts...

Ap Shen: Suiciding Taunt... is more like it

Just... no. Sorry no. I do not think this works at all in higher elo games. Even if you land a taunt on all of the enemies, You only have your Rylai's Crystal Scepter to tank up your health. You can't go for a Ap carry role in mid either becuase of your lack for burst damage. I can understand that ability power is good because of the great scaling on shens ulti, so you can add a little but still get tanky items and armor. Try something like this out instead.

-Onrion