Talk:Shen/@comment-27244691-20160208175823/@comment-5955640-20160208213724

The Shen rework wasn't just to make him more interesting to play it was alsot to add an element to his kit that actually opens him up to more vunerability in lane.

Sustain was the thing keeping Shen back. It was such an untradable element in his kit that his damage had to be nerfed and to be honest until the sustain champs got buffed Shen was just a double teleport and most people didn't find a use for a double teleport with low damage potential who is only toxic in lane to play against.

Shen's old passive was just bonus damage on hit, no more unqiue than a lot of other passives and activated spells.

Shen's new place really is as a support which he's never been that great at but now really good despite not having sustain. People have yet to figure out that Shen's all in is absolutely brutal and is borderline untradable and you might think "With time comes counter." but then I would respond with "Mordekaiser."

I have not seen anyone do Jungle Shen so that's interesting. It wasn't really all that good before either.