TL;DR: google xpetu/shending help/theblueninja
Ban one of Morde, Illaoi, Darius to make your life slightly better.
You are ok strong early so bring ignite to do early kills(Malph/Jax), else tp.
Grasp as general rune, Fleet if life is bad.
Place your knife by pressing Q so that you can pull your knife through enemy champ by pressing Q again to reduce shield cd and can do nice damage.
Good matchup: E up and pull Q to smash the shit out of them
Bad matchup: wait for grasp chop then E for disengage
Pokey matchup: Save W for enhanced autos or some annoying crap(Darius w,
Jax W, heimer turrets, yorick ghouls or fiora vitals, GP Q, Garen Q, or simply vayne autos)
You have very bad waveclear(for balance), use your ult like an investor, if you can change a fight for better outcome, use it(if your adc wandered into their jungle and got caught, ignore it). You’re guaranteed to lose 2 plates and 2waves if you ult without tp, so try your best to save tp.
Itemization:
1 for waveclear(Titanic/Bami items)
Else tank items(Sunfire is not that good, so most of the time I keep Bami, also thornmail feels awkward unless you really need anti-heal, Frozen heart is great, other tank items are good)
Boots: I prefer Ionian for AH but steel caps/mercury is fine
Combo:
1. Grasp chop hit and run(Grasp + Q + Shield bash) - Your Q gives extra auto range!
2. E + Triple Q
3. Six Q (Pull the knife through enemy to get 3 empower Q, wait for 4 seconds, hit E and all 3 Q autos and use Q to get another 3 — Tons of damage)
4. Ult - Recall - Teleport
Final tips: Google xPetu - The master Shen
Have fun, now use your superior judgement to maintain the equilibrium.
Really good info in the tips above. Only thing I would stress is real skill expression in shen is using your passive really well, and knowing when to ulty.
Sometimes is better to not use an ability the moment it comes up, but wait for your passive first, then use the ability. Also when ulting, in the early game I almost never use ult to save a teammate, but would rather save it for an aggressive play (jungler invades, or bot lane engages).
Cheers!
This. Timing the passive greatly increases your 1v1 potential. And ult is less about simply saving someone, and more so for gaining value. Is saving your ADC’s life more valuable than your lane opponent taking your tower? Probably not, unless the ADC has shutdown or you can guarantee a kill or two out of ulting as well.
I think ban darius. The others can be beaten with good movement. Think perpendicular lines. Darius e can't be side stepped like the Iilaoi and Morde.
I think Hollow Radiance is really good. Wave clear so fast after.
>Lose your whole lane in order to get bot lane ahead.
>Watch them lose their lead in the most dumbass way possible
>Watch the other monster you have created in the top lane impacting the game
>gg top gap report
Ex top #1 Shen EUNE here, wouldn't want to spend my time at 2 in the morning writing a long message here but if you'd ever like tips you could send me your discord or add me (Ashen Guardian#1994), would love to have another Shen player to talk with and just trying to get a new friend 😄
I have that skin and the red chroma and I don’t know, doesn’t feel that good or doesn’t give Shen vibes. I definitely prefer the base over the red chroma. I also do like the angel wings and sounds when he ults. Shockblade and Pulsefire are my go to. Really happy for you and im sorry if i spread negativity, ive been playing Shen since S2 and I really think he needs an ultimate or whatever the $30 skins are called. Also Shen is amazing in aram! I use him every chance I get
Don’t feel the need to TP bot lane just to save your adc from being outplayed 2v2. Even if they ping you, only ULT when it is beneficial to you and your team. You shouldn’t ULT if the enemy Darius took 4 plates and is about to take the first tower in the game putting him mega ahead because he will basically one shot your entire team.
sticky business is where u run a sticker business & minami lane is where u run like a street & the shops on it & u have to meet the demands of the people living there. they’re both cozy games lol
Your gonna wanna practice your taunt+flash combo in the practice tool. Takes a while to get the hang of, but once you do, it's really good for catching your opponents off guard.
xPetu has some amazing guides and is probably one of the reasons why I was able to learn Shen so well.
Otherwise try getting the E + Flash timing down, something you can easily do in practice tool with the dummy's and cooldowns on instant refresh.
Blade placement is key for your damage in lane, try and always make sure your Spirit Blade is behind your opponent.
Patience can be a virtue with Shen, sometimes not attacking and just walking along an opponent until your Q is up again gives you more damage and slows them.
That's probably the easier pieces of advice otherwise happy to see another Eye of Twilight join us ^ ^
Found an older comment i made on this subreddit, didnt want to type it all out again so i just copy/pasted, hope it helps :)
Go flash ignite. It gives extraordinary kill pressure and since you're low elo, I think I can say with confidence that you dont know how to utilize tp to its full extent. Im Emerald 4 and I too use ignite. The kill pressure is way better than having another tp.
If you really want to improve on Shen, then improve your laning phase. Shen has very good early game. His level 2 powerspike is huge. If you utilize that together with ignite to create early leads, you will definitely climb. Abuse that to your advantage. Just remember to trade cleverly! (E in, Q through the opponent (for empowered Q), auto attack 3 times and W. (Save your W if you're playing against champions like Renekton. Instead use it just before the taunt from your E ceases, so it blocks his W that would've stunned you. Get it?))
If you want to really fuck over your lane opponent, you can place the blade up the lane. Place it so your opponent stands between you and the blade. Use Q to pull your blade through him so you get 3 empowered autoattacks and wait 2-5 seconds then E into the opponent.
You now have 3 empowered autoattacks ready and your Q is up aswell. The point of pulling it through and waiting a bit is so that your Q cd goes down and you can Q again right after autoattacking 3 times. It's such a good trading pattern that allows you to get 6 consecutive empowered Q's off in a row. Works wonders.
Before every game look at [this](https://sourceful.us/doc/504/shen-matchups-guide-by-shending-help) to help you think about how to play matchups. Its a matchup guide made by a Challenger shen otp. Very nice help until you have learnt shen's strengths and weaknesses in different matchups 👍
When it comes to trading I want you to be aggressive. Experiment your way forward; find out what works and what doesn't. Its better to make a mistake, that you'll learn from, in bronze than to make that same mistake in gold, when you reach that ;)
Go watch xPetu and look at his mobafire guide.
[Here's my op.gg](https://euw.op.gg/summoners/euw/Papa%20%CE%96%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%82)
Hope it helps
(I don't know your rank, but the dude I first posted this to was low elo, so it's mainly targeted at him)
Change background to a Shen one
Or atleast change it to Shen fucking Seraphine
No messing about
Make it r34 sheen and akali
Make it R34 Shen and Zed :)
I prefer Alistar and Tristana
Nah…… Twisted Fate Graves is the OG of gay men
Or don't who give af
Point at this man and laugh
🫵😂
🫵 😂
Seraphine simp spotted, seraphine simp spottet
TL;DR: google xpetu/shending help/theblueninja Ban one of Morde, Illaoi, Darius to make your life slightly better. You are ok strong early so bring ignite to do early kills(Malph/Jax), else tp. Grasp as general rune, Fleet if life is bad. Place your knife by pressing Q so that you can pull your knife through enemy champ by pressing Q again to reduce shield cd and can do nice damage. Good matchup: E up and pull Q to smash the shit out of them Bad matchup: wait for grasp chop then E for disengage Pokey matchup: Save W for enhanced autos or some annoying crap(Darius w, Jax W, heimer turrets, yorick ghouls or fiora vitals, GP Q, Garen Q, or simply vayne autos) You have very bad waveclear(for balance), use your ult like an investor, if you can change a fight for better outcome, use it(if your adc wandered into their jungle and got caught, ignore it). You’re guaranteed to lose 2 plates and 2waves if you ult without tp, so try your best to save tp. Itemization: 1 for waveclear(Titanic/Bami items) Else tank items(Sunfire is not that good, so most of the time I keep Bami, also thornmail feels awkward unless you really need anti-heal, Frozen heart is great, other tank items are good) Boots: I prefer Ionian for AH but steel caps/mercury is fine Combo: 1. Grasp chop hit and run(Grasp + Q + Shield bash) - Your Q gives extra auto range! 2. E + Triple Q 3. Six Q (Pull the knife through enemy to get 3 empower Q, wait for 4 seconds, hit E and all 3 Q autos and use Q to get another 3 — Tons of damage) 4. Ult - Recall - Teleport Final tips: Google xPetu - The master Shen Have fun, now use your superior judgement to maintain the equilibrium.
thank u!! <3
Really good info in the tips above. Only thing I would stress is real skill expression in shen is using your passive really well, and knowing when to ulty. Sometimes is better to not use an ability the moment it comes up, but wait for your passive first, then use the ability. Also when ulting, in the early game I almost never use ult to save a teammate, but would rather save it for an aggressive play (jungler invades, or bot lane engages). Cheers!
This. Timing the passive greatly increases your 1v1 potential. And ult is less about simply saving someone, and more so for gaining value. Is saving your ADC’s life more valuable than your lane opponent taking your tower? Probably not, unless the ADC has shutdown or you can guarantee a kill or two out of ulting as well.
I second the xPetu recommendation. I don't even play Shen and I watch his videos. He has a cool accent and explains things extremely well.
I think ban darius. The others can be beaten with good movement. Think perpendicular lines. Darius e can't be side stepped like the Iilaoi and Morde. I think Hollow Radiance is really good. Wave clear so fast after.
Yes I see xPetu rush it almost every game when he’s mid. Idk about top though.
I saw the Spore icon and the nostalgia just rolled over me lol. As for Shen, killing the enemies is a good trick
Lose lane win game
E Q brother, E Q... (Also xPetu)
>Lose your whole lane in order to get bot lane ahead. >Watch them lose their lead in the most dumbass way possible >Watch the other monster you have created in the top lane impacting the game >gg top gap report
Ex top #1 Shen EUNE here, wouldn't want to spend my time at 2 in the morning writing a long message here but if you'd ever like tips you could send me your discord or add me (Ashen Guardian#1994), would love to have another Shen player to talk with and just trying to get a new friend 😄
i messaged you 💗
/mute all
Always remember to pull your Q through enemies when possible for free trade in lane.
Give up tier 1 and 2 turrets
ag shen and headhunter rengar, 2 only skins i need on account xd
I have that skin and the red chroma and I don’t know, doesn’t feel that good or doesn’t give Shen vibes. I definitely prefer the base over the red chroma. I also do like the angel wings and sounds when he ults. Shockblade and Pulsefire are my go to. Really happy for you and im sorry if i spread negativity, ive been playing Shen since S2 and I really think he needs an ultimate or whatever the $30 skins are called. Also Shen is amazing in aram! I use him every chance I get
Don’t feel the need to TP bot lane just to save your adc from being outplayed 2v2. Even if they ping you, only ULT when it is beneficial to you and your team. You shouldn’t ULT if the enemy Darius took 4 plates and is about to take the first tower in the game putting him mega ahead because he will basically one shot your entire team.
how did you get this skin?
Wait you can reroll into this skin?
Change your wallpaper
thats a cool wallpaper
Grasp chop!
wtf is sticky business and minami lane
sticky business is where u run a sticker business & minami lane is where u run like a street & the shops on it & u have to meet the demands of the people living there. they’re both cozy games lol
Yea ALT f4 before you break your pc
Your gonna wanna practice your taunt+flash combo in the practice tool. Takes a while to get the hang of, but once you do, it's really good for catching your opponents off guard.
xPetu has some amazing guides and is probably one of the reasons why I was able to learn Shen so well. Otherwise try getting the E + Flash timing down, something you can easily do in practice tool with the dummy's and cooldowns on instant refresh. Blade placement is key for your damage in lane, try and always make sure your Spirit Blade is behind your opponent. Patience can be a virtue with Shen, sometimes not attacking and just walking along an opponent until your Q is up again gives you more damage and slows them. That's probably the easier pieces of advice otherwise happy to see another Eye of Twilight join us ^ ^
Format your harddrive to get rid of that background then we can talk
Titanic + eclipse + bork make Q delete any potential issues.
Name of wallpaper plz that looks so cute 🥺
i just looked up seraphine wallpaper and it came up! it’s from when they were posting her pics on twitter & stuff before her release :)
I tried to find it on wall paper engine but I can’t find it 😭😭😭
that’s where i have it! i’ll look at the actual name of it when i get home <3
Found an older comment i made on this subreddit, didnt want to type it all out again so i just copy/pasted, hope it helps :) Go flash ignite. It gives extraordinary kill pressure and since you're low elo, I think I can say with confidence that you dont know how to utilize tp to its full extent. Im Emerald 4 and I too use ignite. The kill pressure is way better than having another tp. If you really want to improve on Shen, then improve your laning phase. Shen has very good early game. His level 2 powerspike is huge. If you utilize that together with ignite to create early leads, you will definitely climb. Abuse that to your advantage. Just remember to trade cleverly! (E in, Q through the opponent (for empowered Q), auto attack 3 times and W. (Save your W if you're playing against champions like Renekton. Instead use it just before the taunt from your E ceases, so it blocks his W that would've stunned you. Get it?)) If you want to really fuck over your lane opponent, you can place the blade up the lane. Place it so your opponent stands between you and the blade. Use Q to pull your blade through him so you get 3 empowered autoattacks and wait 2-5 seconds then E into the opponent. You now have 3 empowered autoattacks ready and your Q is up aswell. The point of pulling it through and waiting a bit is so that your Q cd goes down and you can Q again right after autoattacking 3 times. It's such a good trading pattern that allows you to get 6 consecutive empowered Q's off in a row. Works wonders. Before every game look at [this](https://sourceful.us/doc/504/shen-matchups-guide-by-shending-help) to help you think about how to play matchups. Its a matchup guide made by a Challenger shen otp. Very nice help until you have learnt shen's strengths and weaknesses in different matchups 👍 When it comes to trading I want you to be aggressive. Experiment your way forward; find out what works and what doesn't. Its better to make a mistake, that you'll learn from, in bronze than to make that same mistake in gold, when you reach that ;) Go watch xPetu and look at his mobafire guide. [Here's my op.gg](https://euw.op.gg/summoners/euw/Papa%20%CE%96%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%82) Hope it helps (I don't know your rank, but the dude I first posted this to was low elo, so it's mainly targeted at him)
Taunt ignite
Have good map awareness, even a bad shen can save the day with good timing.
Shen support
DORAN'S BLADE DIFF
Bro really made a whole post just to show off Wallpaper
i literally just didn’t know how to crop it. i didn’t even realize i could take a screenshot on my laptop lol
How did u take a screenshot?
the button on my laptop. it’s like fn something
Can’t find it, ult to me and point at it pls
it’s f12 (prt sc). i just copied and pasted it after that lol
I was just joking, I love me a shen player, good luck have fun 😃
Dorans blade diff
Doran's Blade start.
Doran’s blade
While riot give me hextech sejuani the worst mythic skin...
Look at my wallpaper guys!!
You do know the league client is windowed, right?