Talk:Shen/@comment-177.131.198.208-20121201201823/@comment-4087140-20121202032819

At level 1, it takes 32 seconds for to regenerate the mana cost of, and 35 seconds for  to regenerate the mana cost of. It takes 6 seconds for to regenerate the energy cost of.

At level 1, can be spammed a total of 6 times in a row before being out of mana, and  can be spammed 5 times in a row (some of which is probably used on minions for the gold bonus). can be spammed indefinitely.

does 5 more damage than, and does 17 more damage at level 1.

In addition, does deal a bit less damage overall in the early levels since magic resistance starts higher than armor. However, even if dealt 2/3 of the damage of the other two abilities, the ability to use it forever without pause more than compensates for a small lack of damage.