Talk:Shen/@comment-5955640-20160129201503/@comment-4091261-20160130181544

True, what makes him strong as a laner is his ability to trade blows efficiently. Loosing his sustain makes him pretty susceptile to poke so it's pretty hard to deal with early game against most champions.

However, he did gain a considerable amount of skirmishing power. I'm sure he'll be effective in top once dueling champions like and  become popular. Otherwise, there is a lot to offer in the jungle:.