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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Teleport
Heal
Ability Order
Ki Barrier (PASSIVE)
Shen Passive Ability
KickAssNinja

This is my first build I've published so far so if there should be any questions or other feel free to leave a comment.
Shen is a nice tank and his Vorpal Blade is quite good to sustain your laningphase with that nice on-hit heal.
He is also pretty good at ganking and and has very usefull spells.
I tried many builds and found this one to work best for me.
Well let's get started...
Shen is a nice tank and his Vorpal Blade is quite good to sustain your laningphase with that nice on-hit heal.
He is also pretty good at ganking and and has very usefull spells.
I tried many builds and found this one to work best for me.
Well let's get started...
My Rune choices:
3 Greater Quinessence of Swiftness
gives you that edge of movementspeed to catch up to others or be faster on lanes to help
9 Greater Mark of Insight
Your abilities deal AP dmg so you'll need Mpen marks.
9 Greater Seal of Fortitude
or
9 Greater Seal of Resilience
Depending on your needs.
If you are going to jungle you'll of course need the armor seals.
Finally 9 Greater Glyph of Shielding
Since you mostly get armor with this build
you will need the Mres per level glyphs.
3 Greater Quinessence of Swiftness

gives you that edge of movementspeed to catch up to others or be faster on lanes to help
9 Greater Mark of Insight

Your abilities deal AP dmg so you'll need Mpen marks.
9 Greater Seal of Fortitude

9 Greater Seal of Resilience

If you are going to jungle you'll of course need the armor seals.
Finally 9 Greater Glyph of Shielding

you will need the Mres per level glyphs.
Standard Tank Masteries X/21/X Where i go for a 0/21/9 Mastery-Tree
to get points in Expanded Mind
for a bit more Energy and
Swiftness
because you cant get fast enough ;)
Why not Enlightenment
!? well it's only at lvl18 8,1%CDR and that only if maxed.. which gives you at for example your Shadow Dash
with 10sec CD -> 0,81sec CDR on LVL18. so you will end up with 9sec instead of 10sec CD.
If you say you need that 1sec go ahead and swap it with Initiator
to get points in Expanded Mind

Swiftness

Why not Enlightenment


If you say you need that 1sec go ahead and swap it with Initiator

I highly recommend Teleport
so you can get back into battle as fast as possible or protect your towers from getting backdored.
Other good choices in my opinion are:
Heal
Helps your whole team in teamfights and may give you an upper hand in fights;
Ghost
Again helps you to get to the wanted position faster or lets you chase/escape easier;
Exhaust
If some nasty enemys just wont stop trying to escpae hit them with that spell;
Revive
I rarely use this spell but it also has its times when you really could need it.
If you think "hey what about Flash!?"
well your Shadow Dash
gets through nearly every wall and its castable every 10sec so i would see that choice as a waste of room for a better spell. If you really need a spell to catch up i'd rather use Ghost

Other good choices in my opinion are:
Heal

Ghost

Exhaust

Revive

If you think "hey what about Flash!?"


I would mainly concentrade on Vorpal Blade
because its your only damage-spell and also helps you farm and keep your life up.
2nd spell to max should be Shadow Dash
because u need it to get the enemy to focus you!; restrain enemys from escaping!; or just to catch up.
Of course skill your ultimate Stand United
always when possible...
I think it's use is pretty obvious - When a teammate gets low -> ult. him!
Prioritys: Carry, Champ with the highest killstreak, Supporter
leaving you with the only remaining spell Feint
which is your least importent spell normally.
Just cast it whenever you need to take a bit more dmg or when it might rescue you from a killing blow like Ace in the Hole
or Requiem
allthough keep in mind it does not block a lot
(250 at lvl 18 without AP)
The skillorder is Q-W-E-Autoattack, tank as much as possible let your team hit em hard and repeat to use E always when necessary.

2nd spell to max should be Shadow Dash

Of course skill your ultimate Stand United

I think it's use is pretty obvious - When a teammate gets low -> ult. him!
Prioritys: Carry, Champ with the highest killstreak, Supporter
leaving you with the only remaining spell Feint

Just cast it whenever you need to take a bit more dmg or when it might rescue you from a killing blow like Ace in the Hole


(250 at lvl 18 without AP)
The skillorder is Q-W-E-Autoattack, tank as much as possible let your team hit em hard and repeat to use E always when necessary.
Shens passive Ki Strike
scales onto health so you if you are goin to tank you might as well exploit that.
Get all the Health-Tank-Items you can get...
Sunfire Cape
Life, Armor and a nice passive since you will be close to the enemy all the time.
Warmog's Armor
Just an insane amount of health and the health-regeneration is also nice.
Force of Nature
You are a tank so you need Mres and FoN just has the highest amount of Mress in one item + health-regeneration + a nice movementspeed boost.
Randuin's Omen
Health, Armor, Health-Regeneration, CDR, On hit effect vs enemy AND an active ability to slow all surrounding enemys... do i need to say more?
Mercury's Treats
A bit Mress and most important Tenacity!
For the 6th item the choice is a bit more open...
If it's running good i like to grab an Atma's Impaler
which is great because it gives you about +80 AD and some armor.
Also pretty nice is Rylai's Crystal Scepter
which gives your Vorpal Blade
a well appreciated slow.
Otehr possible items:
Aegis of the Legion
Has a bit from everything + an Aura for your team.
Banshee's Veil
Troubles with a lot of CC or do ultimates like Ace in the Hole or Requiem annoy you? Banshee blocks a negative spell every 40 sec which is just nice and it also comes with health and Mres.
Guardian Angel
Armor, Mres and you get revived which enables you to help your team a 2nd time.
Thormail
Well you should have a lot of armor if for some reason you still take to much AD damage just get this wonder item. It is not only the item with the highest amount of armor... it also returns 30% of damage taken!
Zhonya's Hourglass
Uhm ya... maybe not the best coice because it has not much stats for a tank
BUT you know just how funny it is to jump into the enemy with your taunt and then hit it's active!? ^^
Get this if you don't need anything else, you have enough gold and just want to use its funfactor ;)

Get all the Health-Tank-Items you can get...
Sunfire Cape

Warmog's Armor

Force of Nature

Randuin's Omen

Mercury's Treats

For the 6th item the choice is a bit more open...
If it's running good i like to grab an Atma's Impaler

Also pretty nice is Rylai's Crystal Scepter


Otehr possible items:
Aegis of the Legion

Banshee's Veil

Guardian Angel

Thormail

Zhonya's Hourglass

BUT you know just how funny it is to jump into the enemy with your taunt and then hit it's active!? ^^
Get this if you don't need anything else, you have enough gold and just want to use its funfactor ;)
Farming is pretty simple.
As usual wait for a minion to get low and hit it with Vorpal Blade
When your passive activates it makes it also easy to deal the killing blow.
If you are not under much pressure last hit with auto attack.
For safe farming stick to your Vorpal Blade
.
If your health drops use Vorpal Blade
on a minion which is not under attack hit it once with autoattack let its effect heal for a moment hit it again - repeat.
As usual wait for a minion to get low and hit it with Vorpal Blade

When your passive activates it makes it also easy to deal the killing blow.
If you are not under much pressure last hit with auto attack.
For safe farming stick to your Vorpal Blade

If your health drops use Vorpal Blade

Jungling is also quite possible with shen.
Like normal start with Vorpal Blade
but since you dont really need a taunt for minions
skill Feint
2nd and put 1 or 2 points in it.
This just makes it easier to jungle since you can take more dmg before you need to heal.
For items start with a Cloth Armor
and some Health Potions
for safe jungling.
And of course you should get Smite
For ganks its best if the solo laner either lets the enemy push to his tower so you can enter from river behind him; or he pushes the enemy back and you walk into the double bushes from behind waiting to open with a Shadow Dash
Like normal start with Vorpal Blade

skill Feint

This just makes it easier to jungle since you can take more dmg before you need to heal.
For items start with a Cloth Armor


And of course you should get Smite

For ganks its best if the solo laner either lets the enemy push to his tower so you can enter from river behind him; or he pushes the enemy back and you walk into the double bushes from behind waiting to open with a Shadow Dash

With Shen you have to relay on your team a lot but they also even more on you.
Try to pull enemy into your team with Shadow Dash
and hit primary targets with
Vorpal Blade
since your team gets healed on hit by this ability as well.
Your Job is on the one side to protect your team from getting damage by taunting targets away from your teammates or by using your ultimate and on the other side to prevent enemys from escaping.
Using your taunt well gives your team a great advantage.
Try to pull enemy into your team with Shadow Dash

Vorpal Blade

Your Job is on the one side to protect your team from getting damage by taunting targets away from your teammates or by using your ultimate and on the other side to prevent enemys from escaping.
Using your taunt well gives your team a great advantage.
Shen is an awesome tank if used right.
A well placed Shadow Dash can turn fights around completely.
He can tank a lot of damage and is great at protecting your teammates.
If you dont care dieing a few times (after all you are tank)
then you'll have lots of fun with shen.
I hope this guide was of some help to you.
Have fun and enjoy playing shen...
A well placed Shadow Dash can turn fights around completely.
He can tank a lot of damage and is great at protecting your teammates.
If you dont care dieing a few times (after all you are tank)
then you'll have lots of fun with shen.
I hope this guide was of some help to you.
Have fun and enjoy playing shen...
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