Talk:Shen/@comment-60.241.254.193-20121211052724

A little guide, I'm hoping some people will banter some ideas about this (I main shen).

Shen can be played in two ways; ap tank or DPS bruiser. With the increase cost of pure tank for S3, it's kinda difficult to go through this path anymore, and items for magic resist is kinda costy, thus why AP tank is more cost efficient now.

My AP tank build cores are: Rylais > Randuins. This builds is more about positioning control. Initiating teamfights, keeping the enemy bruisers off your AD and AP carry, more of a late game player.

My DPS Shen Cores are: Wits End > Frozen Mallet > Atmas (Or replace the last two with Triforce). The more standard Shen players. Great all rounders and split pushers.

Few things to consider about Shen:

- Warmogs are much more efficient now that it contains a small FON in it and no longer needs to farm; however you must consider whether or not he needs to prioritise on the utility items list. Randiuns tends to save your team more often then Warmogs would.

- Even without building damage, Shen still hit quite a bit; so it's in your best interest to build durability first for those last seconds save. Consider Spirit of the elder lizard for tenacity; sure it's an jungling item, but it also means you can farm much better within the jungle.

- Early and mid game Shen is all about the surprise E's and R's; then proceed to beating the crap out of them with your Q and passive. Late game, it's your W to shine, use your Q only when you have Rylais to slow important individual threats, and even so, sparingly.

-Please don't jungle Shen unless if need be. It is really slow and his ganks are definintely not impressive.