Talk:Shen/@comment-5.14.9.232-20130310114611/@comment-4659726-20130311101053

Shen himself isn't that strong of a character, his ult however is what makes him as a champion. If he were to lose the global range he would be vastly UP. And riot has already tried this on the PBE.

If they were to replace his ult with a different one he would need sweeping buffs to all of his skills:

Q: At least given the 2% hp scaling back on the heal.

W: Give back the 3 sec cdr on ki strike (same with passive)

E: Lower early cooldown, possibly lower energy cost up to 100 energy

R: Would need to be really good and tank/supportish to make up for the lost usefulness.

Not only that his whole playstyle would change, instead of split pushing like a unique champion instead he acts just like any other tank/bruiser and has no unique interaction with the carry other htan peeling.