Talk:Shen/@comment-99.237.67.55-20120104005205

I've played Tank, Support, and AP Shen. I also have a full Ninja rune page, flat AP marks + quints, scaling energy regen seals, and flat energy glyphs. It's about as Shen-friendly as you can get IMO. Here's my critique:

Jungling Shen: Put simply, he sucks. Slow clear time, terrible counter jungling, and terrible ganks. Your dash is pretty short and costs far too much energy to use, and if you use it as a gap-closer, no CC for you! I would never recommend jungle Shen, not even once.

Tank Shen: Shen needs farm to tank. He's actually a decent solo top as he has good sustain, easy last-hits, and good harass with Q spam. His lane pushing is horrendously slow, but what do you expect on a champ that can ult into any team fight. The biggest problem is he has little impact on team fights. He ults in, the shield is pretty decent, he taunts for a whopping 2 seconds, and then he does nothing. He can't really chase or anything else.

AP Shen: This is actually surprisingly good. Your Q hits fairly hard and its very spammable. Your W becomes a bonafide damage soaker. Your ult shield for over 2k lategame, nothing to sneeze at. Rylai's and Abyssal Scepter are the best tanky AP items for Shen, but WOTA / Lichbane / Rabadon's are strong choices too. Your laning is beast, those Q's hit HARD and can quickly force people out of lanes. Unfortunately.. you're basically a bad Riven at this point, outside of laning. She has the same tricks but is more mobile and pushes out more damage. All you got on her is a 2k shield ult, but 120 sec CDR is pretty brutal.

Support Shen: You'll need Avarice quints for this. Essentially you harass the crap out of the enemies with your Q and passive. Q tanky minions so your carry can heal off them too, it's surprisingly useful for sustain. Your taunt is a decent help for securing kills. Heart of Gold is a must, I also like Lucky Pick on him because he scales so well with AP. The role is... okay. I'd compare it to support Leona, where you trade strong kill setups for constant harass. You're a poor man's Sona though.

Overall: Shen needs a buff. The most glaring problem is his Shadow Dash. It needs a drastically lower energy cost. No other champion has such energy issues. Feint needs a buff too. I'd like to see it give Shen a movement speed buff while the shield is up. This would make his jungle ganks more credible and give him a little chasing potential. His damage is fine imo. His harass can be very good, and you can't increase his lane pushing potential without making him OP.