Talk:Shen/@comment-5494818-20130426082849/@comment-5955640-20130429065407

I don't know how that's balanced. He doesn't do a lot of damage because he's a support tank. Meanwhile most top laners are fighter melee and on occasion. Mage Melee fighter. It's a serious trade off. Your opponent if competant. Should completely rush Shen and force him to sit under his turret while they get all the farm and gank mid lane. Shen could counter such a situation by ulting the target. But that doesn't really guarantee success. In some cases you both die rather than just one person getting killed. A Hexdrinker and a Warden's Mail pretty much shuts down Shen in lane because he really can't hurt you and everyone else in top lane has some pretty effective damaging measures.