Talk:Shen/@comment-199.91.225.12-20120825232009/@comment-5162027-20120826102912

The healing dot refreshes when you attack the enemy afflicted with the blade, so it's potentially 25hp/5 on top of your actual Hp/5, which if at level 1, if at 8. So 33hp/5, which is actually a lot of health regenerated, potentially. If you are ok with pushing the lane a little, tossing Q onto a siege minion then hitting it repeatedly allows for a lot of health to be regenerated rather quickly. Add in healthpots for more safety and Shen suddenly becomes real hard to trade with, even early in the game.

I mean, it's not the greatest sustain in the world, but it's pretty damn good, considering it's spammable and pretty much free.