Talk:Spirit Visage/@comment-76.181.137.159-20110804063912

I love this item on Shen for several reasons.

1. It has CDR, which is hard to itemize for Shen as he's a tank that utilizes energy, the only one of his kind.

2. It has cheap HP/MR, which are also hard to itemize since Banshee's Veil is mostly useless for Shen with the addition of the mana, making a Force of Nature a much better pick for him in the MR department, which leaves the only other HP/MR item being an Aegis of the Legion. Aegis is a great item, but more suited for a support if you have one on the team. If not, then it'll do fine on Shen.

3. It healing bonus works with his Q. Sure, it's not much, but it's decent for soloing a minion wave, and isn't entirely wasted.

This item gives Shen 987.4 effective health at level 18 without any other items, runes, or masteries. Aegis gives 232.52 more effective health than SV, but has no CDR and Shen needs as much CDR as he can get for Shadow Dash goodness.