Talk:Shen/@comment-4659726-20121123020201

Theorycrafting time!

With S3 Right around the corner and item changes abound. Trinity force has always been an iffy thing on Shen, It works even if you waste some of the stats, the mana and crit currently. But it wasn't really super popular thanks to wasting two stats and it's cost.

However with the new season coming around and statikk shiv also around the corner would trinity be a better item now on him since he can use crit? Is it still too costly at 4035 in S3? Does he somehow scale more off of AD now than Attack speed and hp? I would like to hear thoughts and opinions.

For reference the build is 9/21/0 taking magic pen in offense and more hp/tenacity in Defense.

pretty normal magic pen marks, armor yellows, mr/lvl blues, movespeed quints.

Items no particular order: Mercury treads, Trinity force, Bulwark, Randuin's, Statikk Shiv, Atma's.

Total bonus stats from items: 1150 bonus hp, 145 bonus armor, 85 bonus mr, 70% attack speed, 30 AP and 80 AD, 14% movespeed, 45 crit.