Talk:Shen/@comment-4664737-20160220133328/@comment-5605969-20160223040622

Shen can be used in all 3 roles, though top is where he excels. Most top laners rely on auto attack trading, and even if not, W offers immunity to minion AA, meaning a very safe EQW with great outrade potential. His lack of sustain and safe poke is a minus, but he has a great shield, and is undoubtebly more healthy for the game. In jungle shen is lackluster imo, he doesn't do anything different from other junglers, and his ganks get worse as time goes by (seeing as taunt is his only cc move). Support he can work, but situational.

As for builds, depends on what you want. Most common is Titanic + Sunfire. This gives you great push and quite a surprising dueling potential. Pair it with a wit's End for interesting results. Aside from the other usual tank items, you can include Abissal Scepter to increase sunfire's damage and your Q, as well as provide an extra something on ulti. Apart from that, AP items on shen don't offer much. Although his Q and R do offer some interesting ratios, the fact is you are still a tank. And unlike Sej and Zac, full AP doesnt really burst.