User blog comment:Mashad'q/Shen's Big Rework for his Skills./@comment-7709681-20141022225803

So, this "Energy Damage" from the innate passive ignores defenses... so... is true damage?

I don't need to speak of the rest, you pretty much just buffed him without being excessive or ridiculous (I guess, I feel someone else will speak of it being excessive or ridiculous... I can feel it on the jimmies).