Talk:Shen/@comment-5955640-20151019024323/@comment-10136989-20151020104516

I think its viability in the pro scene has been there for a while as well, but similar to soloqueue people aren't always open to ideas like that. And you always have to compare Shen to whatever support you could pick. Thresh does much more in an aggresive bot lane, Alistar provides much more peel and a similar amount heal. Leona has better engage, Braum has his tankiness and good teamfight ult. Shen support is really seeing play because of the macro style gameplay, where not just top lane, but many mids are taking teleport, or playing Twisted Fate or GP, with a style centred heavily on supporting the bot lane through multi-man ganks or lane swaps.

Shen fits into this really well, having his global ultimate being able to roam and still protect the carry, or transfer some pressure into the top lane, where we are seeing many games decided these last few patches. He also has a great tool for engages with the taunt+flash, and is able to deep ward safely.