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League of Legends Build Guide Author Siveo

Don't mess with the Shen

Siveo Last updated on October 24, 2012
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by Lugignaf » September 7, 2011 6:15am | Report

VOTED +1

I likes it before but, now that it's all grammar-tized, I like it even more.
The info is good. The coding and formatting looks really solid and, the videos are just good info overall.
Good job.


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by PsiGuard » September 7, 2011 7:07pm | Report

If you get Doran's Shield as your starting item, put it in the core build. It's important to show which starting item you get for quick-reference in the cheat-sheet.

As I understand it, Shen will be seeing some buffs soon (hopefully). I'm personally pretty excited. If they do buff him, make sure you remember to update your guide with any relevant changes.


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by Oharo » September 9, 2011 6:18am | Report

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Viable. I follow your build occasionally. Very organised.

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by jhoijhoi » September 13, 2011 12:30am | Report

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Constructive Criticism:

1) Summoner Spells = Good. Runes = Good. Ability Sequence = Good. Items = Good.

2) Great use of my template! Looks fantastic! In your Summoner Spells section, I'd suggest an extra enter space after "For example: Will you use Ghost to flee/catch up or Exhaust?", as the text is too close to the column headings.

3) You could merge your Tips and Tricks section into the Abilities section (the way I've shown in my Guide about Making a Guide), but you don't have to ^^

4) I'd suggest Ninja Tabi in your situational items section. You have plenty of magic resist with Force of Nature and you spec dodge chance in the Defense tree, so why not boost your dodge chance with Ninja Tabi?

5) I feel as if "Taking/Supportive role", "Laning phase" and "Map awareness" are sections that can be merged into one to conserve space. Unless you add some colour/images/formatting into each section to make them longer and more appealing to read, I'd suggest merging the chapters and just allocating appropriate headings.

6) Center your videos.




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by jhoijhoi » September 13, 2011 7:21am | Report

Ooh, I love the float coding you decided to use. I didn't want to ask you to do it, as the previous set up was fine, but it does look absolutely sexy now :P

Merging Abilities and Skill Sequence was a good idea, flows much better now. And the other merging that you implemented looks nice too, huh. See, I know what I'm talking about, lol.

Centring those videos looks so much neater now, huh?

Absolutely fantastic guide, definitely, definitely better written and far more aesthetically pleasing than the top Shen guides.

Thus I have no choice but to +rec your guide ^^

A few additions could be:
- to add in a screen shot of the walls Shen can Shadow Dash over
- an alternative mastery tree set-up (not entirely necessary)
- at the end of your "Items" section, you could include some possibly finished builds that demonstrate what to get in certain situations (like in my Ashe and Vayne guides); again, not necessary, but would be nice for quick reference
- a jungle section, for Jungle Shen. It's not a common occurrence, but sometimes Shen is more useful in the jungle instead of solo top, or filling the "support" role bottom lane with an AD carry
- always use as much BBCode/wiki code as possible, so "And don't forget to use Feint in battle. Since it's the shield doesn't absorb as much as AP Shen" should include Feint and Shen ^^
- you could put the credits in list format, so they look a little nicer, and your summary looks a tad more structured

And here ^^

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by allio » September 13, 2011 4:11pm | Report

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very good job for you build. very equilibrate. perfect item séquence IMO.

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by DuffTime » September 14, 2011 11:13am | Report

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GOOD **** bro.

I was like yeah? Just another Shen guide.

AND THEN RYLAI'S SHOWED UP. HI RYLAI'S. NICE TO SEE YOU.

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by Siveo » September 14, 2011 12:15pm | Report

DuffTime wrote:

GOOD **** bro.

I was like yeah? Just another Shen guide.

AND THEN RYLAI'S SHOWED UP. HI RYLAI'S. NICE TO SEE YOU.

+1


Thanks, well ... Rylai's is an item that increases all the abilities of Shen and it will still give you a nice health bonus and a nice slow to pin down the enemy even more!


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by DuffTime » September 14, 2011 3:41pm | Report

Tbh tanks with low to no CC MUST build Rylai's if they plan to tank at all.

Good to see you recognize that :)


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by DuffTime » September 14, 2011 3:43pm | Report

"Being a tank means that you need: high health, high armor, a lot of dodge chance and a lot of magic resist!
FALSE
Why is this not true? Having too much health, too much armor, too much dodge chance and/or too much magic resist will make your enemies target the other members of your team since you are not a threat to them! Building enough of these factors to still being able to tank and do enough damage to be a threat to the enemy is the key of being a good tank."

However, this I completely disagree with :P


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