Talk:Shen/@comment-5930958-20140802214323/@comment-5955640-20140803015426

200 stacks Nasus isn't very strong. Full build tank Nasus with a decent amount of damage on stacks is 30-35 minutes in or more. Four years ago Nasus was also there. All they changed was how his stacks worked. Arguably they've made him weaker in every other regard.

Shen is perfectly fine in a team comp where the jungler is the bruiser (which is currently the meta albiet it might be getting phased out) and he's the tank and the support is not the tank. You soak aggro and you force damage on you.

That's a different role from Nasus who slows one person and deals a single target damage nuke. It's great, if you can catch them and not get kited as you chase that person down as opposed to Shen who can always ult to say the fastest ally that's already all in while he's half way across the map pushing/farming the lane (something Nasus can only do with a teleport and he still doesn't shield his allies from damage if they decide not to focus him).

Shen's strength has always been his incredible map control. That's why he gets banned. You are talking about damage when it's utility that Shen is known for.

Would you rather play a Bruiser than a full tank? Fine. But that doesn't make the full tank a bad choice it just doesn't make it yours.