Talk:Shen/@comment-24215867-20150413025637/@comment-26266817-20150413141544

I disagree, his shield is awesome for mitigating poke and winning trades in lane. A 220 base shield on a 5 second cooldown is nothing to be scoffed at, plus the passive reduction is a pretty nice bonus. If they added max HP scaling he would be broken. Look at Sion, whose Shield has roughly half the base values of Shen, roughly three times the cooldown (at max rank), and Sion has to use mana for that ability...and despite that Sion is still nigh unkillable mid game onwards.

If you're maxing W last then it probably feels underwhelming, but then you're not taking advantage of that skill's power window. Max rank W is most useful in the mid game when you'll be solo pushing top and no one will have the damage to burst through it. Lower CD on E is really nice but W just scales better with levels than E imo. It doesn't feel very powerful by level 18 but that's why I think it's worth it to max second - otherwise you're practically playing with two basic abilities for most of the game.