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Shen the Flippin Ninja [Tank Build]
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Spells:
Teleport
Ghost
Ability Order
Ki Barrier (PASSIVE)
Shen Passive Ability
Introduction
Hello and welcome to my third league of legends build. This time I decided to yet again bring you another tank build. I love to tank because I love being a team player, also because it is so rare to find a tank that understand what it means to be a tank.
So this guide is obviously about Shen. Shen is by far one of the best 4 tanks in the game which in my opinion are Alistar, Rammus, Shen and Amumu. This guide utilizes health, armor and magic resistance in a nice balance for the perfect tanking combination.
Thanks to Searz for the awesome guide format! You can find it here.
(for any abbreviations you don't understand)
So this guide is obviously about Shen. Shen is by far one of the best 4 tanks in the game which in my opinion are Alistar, Rammus, Shen and Amumu. This guide utilizes health, armor and magic resistance in a nice balance for the perfect tanking combination.
Thanks to Searz for the awesome guide format! You can find it here.
Legend
(for any abbreviations you don't understand)
Pros
-AoE Taunt (
)
-Great at saving teammates with
and
-Self Shield (
)
-Doesn't use mana
-Okay escape skill (
)
Cons
-Low damage
-Doesn't get a lot of kills
-Only 1 damage skill
***Please note: None of the first 3 items on the cons list should matter. You are a tank, you don't need a lot of those.***
-AoE Taunt (

-Great at saving teammates with


-Self Shield (

-Doesn't use mana
-Okay escape skill (

Cons
-Low damage
-Doesn't get a lot of kills
-Only 1 damage skill
***Please note: None of the first 3 items on the cons list should matter. You are a tank, you don't need a lot of those.***

Mercury's Treads
This are a big pick for most characters. Adds to your magic resistance and movement speed. With its new tenacity feature it is almost a must.
****Read Doran's Shield****

Doran's Shield
This is not a necessary core item late game so I suggest selling it and picking up another viable item in the chapter below.
If you need more room for these items I suggest selling Doran's Shield, its not all the important late game and won't make much of a difference.



Make sure to watch the allied health bars on the side of your screen, this is crucial for helping you know when to use

If you are with a pre-made team in a skype call, tell your team to call for

Do not engage an enemy 1v1 if you expect to pick up the kill. Shen is definitely not there to do damage I suggest having an ally with you all the time to help with the damage.
Shen is not a solo laner and he never will be, if you have a jungler on your team make sure you lane with somebody and never take either of the solo lanes. I suggest laning with some sort of range dps champion such as
or
because you will not do a lot of damage nor can you harass. A ranged dps champion can harass the enemy for you and get last hits on them as well.
Farming is very crucial to Shen and he is not very good at it. Make sure you last hit every possible minion you can to get the gold. Gold and items are very important to Shen and without them you will not be a tank.


Farming is very crucial to Shen and he is not very good at it. Make sure you last hit every possible minion you can to get the gold. Gold and items are very important to Shen and without them you will not be a tank.
Teamfights will happen a lot in every match and it is very crucial that you are prepared for them as a tank. Your main focus in teamfights it keeping the damage off of your team.
and
will help you with this. If you are far from a teamfight use
on the ally taking most of the damage and when you teleport in activate
on as many of your enemies as you can pass through. When you are being targeted activate
to take some of the damage off of you. Another thing that seems to be often overlooked in teamfights is Shens
, use this on the enemy being focused the most to help heal your team mates.






I want to thank everybody for reading my guide and I hope it will help you in the future towards being a better Shen and being a better tank.
Please give me some constructive criticism in the comments as well as your recommendations for my build. I put a lot of time into this and I would greatly appreciate it.
Please give me some constructive criticism in the comments as well as your recommendations for my build. I put a lot of time into this and I would greatly appreciate it.
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