Champion Update: Shen

[quote=Latest Legend]I forgot about the shield, but it shouldn't really help much for reliable farm. It says it only gets a short cooldown if one of his abilities hit allies/enemies and practically the only way to get that done is to either walk past them or E them. (Or maybe w on himself if that works, but w has a cd too) He can hardly utilize his abilities in a solo lane unless he can trade head-on, so even if he had mana it wouldn't have mattered. He can't equalize trades against ranged opponents without actually going in unless he takes zero damage, which happens only when they only have ranged AAs and they decide to AA a bit every time W or shield is up, which is highly unlikely. I think he's just going to get poked out of lane in 7/10 matchups unless the jungler stops by. And I don't really see how he's now harder to kill late game, not so hard that it's worth the huge hit to his early game at least. No heal from Q, and there's no mention of reduced damage during E either. The only bonus is 2 second immunity from AAs in a small range, which will probably end up compensating for the removal of the damage reduction on E.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm][quote=Latest Legend] And I don't really see how he's now harder to kill late game, not so hard that it's worth the huge hit to his early game at least. No heal from Q, and there's no mention of reduced damage during E either. The only bonus is 2 second immunity from AAs in a small range, which will probably end up compensating for the removal of the damage reduction on E.[/quote] Shield strength: 52 - 120 (+14% bonus health) Cooldown: 10 Spells that successfully affect allied or enemy champions reduce this cooldown by 4-7.5 seconds. Given proper timing of the shields, I'd imagine Shen will be one of the most frustrating champs to kill in the right hands. Of course, your're right about the damage reduction thing, but that only worked on people he taunted anyway, which you're correct in assuming his new W is meant to replace. Edit: And did I mention that up til like 3 months ago, that function wasnt even working? lol[/quote]

[quote=utopus]Holy crap that shield is busted. They literally just turned [[feint]] into his passive, made it cost no energy, and made it more OP[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm][quote=utopus]Holy crap that shield is busted. They literally just turned [[feint]] into his passive, made it cost no energy, and made it more OP[/quote] Yes, that is the exact opposite of what Feint is; shit.[/quote]

[quote=DillButt64][quote=Vynertje][quote=DillButt64][quote=Embracing]holy fuck riot i get shen's lore and stuff is really about protecting and shit but stop fucking making defensive mechanics[/quote] defensive mechanics are fun though, more fun than just building a shit ton of resistances and standing inbetween the enemy and your adc getting hit by shit[/quote] defensive mechanisms create stalemates, not sure if that's what you're happy with[/quote] the only two i see creating stalemates are windwall and braums shield i do prefer the new mechanics because old defensive mechanics were "press a button and gain X armor and mr" or "press a button and now you have a hp shield" things like poppys no jump zone and bards ult are much more fun as defensive mechanics than just getting more defensive stats[/quote]

[quote=moxubaozi]They made him better at dueling and loss his split push tank identity...and that huge ugly spirit blade...god... <advertisement removed by moderator>[/quote]

[quote=TheSilverDust][quote=moxubaozi] <advertisement removed by moderator>[/quote] "Nice try." -[[Sivir]][/quote]

[quote=Moxu Kraze]Personally, I think his update gives him more in laning instead of split push or tanking...and that spirit blade...holy crap it is huge and ugly![/quote]

[quote=Magfik]They basicly removed all of his damage abilities (passive and Q) and range. Been looking at some videos of how he plays now, must say he desperately lacks damage, and i'm talking in tanky top lane standards. Yeah, he's a good tank that can take A LOT in the later game phases, but as a top laner he seems rather ruined. He's pushed to make all in moves, and if he screws up his Q or E, he either wont get the kill or he'll get killed. I really hope to be proven wrong, but it seems he's a lot more of a support champ now, rather than a top one.[/quote]

[quote=linky317]Aw going to miss chucking those good old vorpal blades :([/quote]