User blog comment:Emptylord/Season 3 - PBE Patch Notes/@comment-82.158.185.52-20121110135409

I might be wrong but i think Xypherous hinted a new build path from Shen into a Tank item: Quote: '''Assuming you're running into a team that's purely physical damage - Thornmail/Sunfire Cape becomes the highest source of DPS for a tank. If you're a mana based tank, there's always the possibility of getting a Sheen and upgrading it to the Tank version of Sheen. '''

i think he's talking about a new item, i would never dare to call Lich Bane a tank item, and Trinity Force is getting popular with certain tanks such as Skarner and Hecarim, but it's for the one-slot high damage it provides with short cooldown skills, since it's actually an AD item.

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