Talk:Shen/@comment-5930958-20140402150032/@comment-5955640-20140402212822

Tank and support sort of intertwine and he has two spells that are very good for a support to have (any allied damage hitting a Q'd target gets their health back so it's lane sustain for both that endorses farming and the ult shield which is obvious.). His fighter strength comes from his taunt (being an AOE skill it's also a really good support tool as well seeing as it draws aggro and lets you control the turret focus.) weakening their auto attack damage. His shield is good for any three roles. And lastly his passive scaling with health is very specfically tank or bruiser.

He's actually quite balanced. He's not a powerful fighter but he can outduel in certain situations. He's not the greatest peeler, grabber, or sustain support and that's good because if he did any of those things really well his manaless kit would cripple the opponents on bottom lane.

The only thing that can be potentially unbalanced is that AP tank solo top Shen jukes a lot of kills while also split pushing quite hard core like.

He is far from suffering the sort of problems champions like Urgot have.