Forgotten God of Low Elo: Shen Mini Guide
Reason to Play: In low elo, there are 2 things that can almost single-handedly win you the game.
1) Outfarming your lane opponent.
2) Keeping your idiot adc from dying over and over.
Legit, in bronze silver, that second one is super useful. The difference in skill level between your adc and theirs is probably not that high, and the gold/xp swing from just 1 successful 'death prevention' is really huge. Even if your adc is ass not the best, if you let them die, the game ends at like 23 minutes, with your bot lane still around lvl 7.
Shen is great at both of these things. His q and passive make getting last hits easy, and his itemization makes surviving in lane pretty easy (though strong burst tops like renek make shen cry a bit), though you have almost no kill potential early.
Itemization: If you get really ahead, or the enemy team has 2+ bruisers (top+jungle/support), the damage item you want on shen is BotRK. It gives attack speed, more sticking power, and the ability to win wet noodle fights while you're peeling for your team. If their team's main threat is from their adc/mage/assassin, get triforce--the extra burst you get from it can secure the kill on them at the start of the fight.
Pretty useful items on him are Randuins (it's one of the best items in the game, but it's tank scaling and Shens ability to dive make it very good on him), Sunfire Cape (as a first item, it lets you push your lane, which is otherwise very tedious), Banshee's Veil (If you intercept an Ult with your taunt+BV, you basically win any low-elo teamfight). If you are behind but *need* a damage item, Wit's End is cheap and efficient.
As always you can see a more detailed post: http://st-viers.blogspot.com/2014/05/forgotten-champions-shen.html
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