Talk:Shen/@comment-5284325-20140604222246/@comment-15244341-20140604225119

Nerfs everywhere. Small ones, but a good number of them one after the other made him a bit less attractive as an option in the eyes of most players. He is still good, but people just shy away from champions that get chain-nerfed.

Some other stuff like Spirit Visage giving less CDR or Shyvanna being a popular top laner also hurt him quite a bit. He does extremely bad against her.

However, Feral Flare makes him a better jungler and he always was a good ganker/counterganker. Since FF helps him farm and scale quite a bit better now, there is a chance some more Shen will be played. Not A tier, of course, but a solid pick vs the global gankers like Pantheon or Nocturne that are so popular right now.