Talk:Shen/@comment-155.69.2.10-20120705105946/@comment-4929329-20120705165543

If you think the Hp scaling he has are great enough to go for runes, you're wrong. With 75 or so bonus Hp from Quints you'll heal an extra 1/3 every second for 3 seconds and passive will do 7 or 8 more dmg. In other words, you'd do more with flat AP [But I use an AP/lv rune page with MPen marks and flat armor seals] xD

Just go something like Boots + 3 pots, Cloth + 5 pots, or Null-Magic Mantle + 2 pots for starting items, top lane isn't the place for Ruby Crystal, and if you're not in top lane, you're not really playing Shen. This setup basically ensures that you stick around to last hit with your Q, which is always nice.

HoG is a nice item, I usually rush it too. You're not Mundo, stacking giant Hp items will not make you into the best thing in existence. You have to balance Hp, Atk Speed, and AP or you waste some of your kit. Get something that really makes you hurt, like Wit's End for resists and atk speed right after your HoG.

Items that work on Shen - Any item that gives two another useful stats. Ex: Sunfire Cape, Randuin's Omen, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Wit's End.

How you want to build your items: HP > Attack Speed > Ability Power

Why? Well, first you need the HP scalings for Attack speed to matter, and Ability Power is expensive but it really does help everything you have as long as you have the tankiness to do well without another tank item.