Talk:Shen/@comment-84.188.55.121-20120204121917/@comment-3486816-20120204213524

Shen excels at farming while harassing. He can heal while harassing, since, unlike lifesteal, the heal from his Q isn't lowered when your opponent has armor. He also has semi-constant threat because Q has a short cooldown and in the context of laning, Ki strike's cooldown isn't very long either. Ki strike also discourages opponents from harassing back.

Shen does best against people who try to sit back and farm. He has very little farming himself with some practice (any time you're afraid you're going to lose a creep, just throw your Q), so he can focus a good portion of his energy on making sure he punishes his enemy for trying to farm. Try putting him up against top laners that rely heavily on farming and don't do much damage outside of autoattacks. Some of the best examples are Tryndamere and Nasus. You probably won't be able to kill them, but you'll win the lane in terms of zoning most of the time, and if your jungler comes for a gank, you've got that taunt to help them out, which can make a massive difference and may lead to a kill. It also keeps people from ever whacking your tower, as you can always make them draw aggro by attacking you.