User blog comment:M.Davidz/Need your help for Shen !/@comment-6289278-20141114074356

In my Opinion,

The W is called "feint" for a reason

It acts like a shield but i feel that it more of a sustained dmg dealig skill similiar to Nautilus Shield

Let me explain,

as a lot of people know, shen(and any other tank really) can be pretty disgustingly tanky

it makes them an undesired target of dmg since they wanted to kill, so they often go for the squishies.

Thus, similiar to Nautilus W, the skill itself act to *punish* those who ignored Shen as he is able to dish out Ki Strike with the reduced cooldown. Hence the item's Wits End is occasionlyy seen just to increase the frequency of Ki Strike occuring.

But overall, i agree the W is pretty weak, especially after they change the Ki Strike cd reduction to 2 sec from 3 sec, which reaally really make Ki Strike cd kind of long, making shen feel weak and dmgless, thus uneffective punishing(and consequently, weak teamfight dmg contribution and can be literally ignored by the fighter)

Anyway, i still agree Shen need a buff concerning the W, either increase the cd reduction proc so Shen have more consistent dmg, or increase the shield, as you say, so shen can used it as moree of a protection device rather than punishing. Since now, its kind of hanging between those two role and isn't really good at both