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Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
February 21 2012 15:18 GMT
#381
I feel like wriggles would be better than any of the other gp10 items, if you want a "gold generator"
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
February 21 2012 16:02 GMT
#382
On February 20 2012 01:00 Chexx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2012 03:23 Mogwai wrote:
On February 18 2012 08:30 NeoIllusions wrote:
Played vs a Ghost/Ignite Xin just now. We both opened Cloth +5 and it was pretty stalemate early. I could harass him but he would heal it off with Passive + pots.

I died around level 5 because he initiated on me once, I dashed away but stuck around lane. I didn't let my energy recover enough before he auto'd creeps with W and EQ me again and Ignite for the kill. Using Dash as a retreat mechanism hurts a lot.

At worst, he was 60-70 creeps ahead of me but ended the game with a win with 2/2/18 and behind 10 creeps on Xin (he was 230 and his team's high).

Next time vs Cloth Xin, I'll probably just farm fest it. Shen feels more sustain vs Xin's burst when it comes to 1v1. He's almost unharassable after he comes back with Wriggle's. But team fights, it doesn't compare.

Went Tabi, Wriggle's, HoG, WE. He went Wriggles, Merc, Belt, Mallet. Felt really squishy with just HoG as only HP item. Phage before WE might have been better.

yea, I've been liking like, hog, recurve, phage after wriggles if you need it, then finishing wit's after the phage. speeds up your HP pool by 950 gold, which is noticeable.


WW beats shen in lane, for sure. Played it twice last night and it's just not fair, WW with wriggle's + wit's just stands there and beats your face in. Xin should be a losing matchup Neo, but yea, if you can make it a straight farm fest, w/e, shen late game >> xin late game.



the last WW I played on top plane did not stand a chance. I Just zoned him out from the beginning.
The only problem I had was a Gangplank who parleyed me everytime and critted me quite hard TT with his jungler help he beated me in lane.

Never played a Xin before

honestly 90% of the solo top WWs at the moment are total derps. it's not that hard to beat shen with WW, yet I still people doing stupid shit like getting chalice -> SV or something.
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Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
February 21 2012 16:11 GMT
#383
On February 22 2012 01:02 Mogwai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2012 01:00 Chexx wrote:
On February 19 2012 03:23 Mogwai wrote:
On February 18 2012 08:30 NeoIllusions wrote:
Played vs a Ghost/Ignite Xin just now. We both opened Cloth +5 and it was pretty stalemate early. I could harass him but he would heal it off with Passive + pots.

I died around level 5 because he initiated on me once, I dashed away but stuck around lane. I didn't let my energy recover enough before he auto'd creeps with W and EQ me again and Ignite for the kill. Using Dash as a retreat mechanism hurts a lot.

At worst, he was 60-70 creeps ahead of me but ended the game with a win with 2/2/18 and behind 10 creeps on Xin (he was 230 and his team's high).

Next time vs Cloth Xin, I'll probably just farm fest it. Shen feels more sustain vs Xin's burst when it comes to 1v1. He's almost unharassable after he comes back with Wriggle's. But team fights, it doesn't compare.

Went Tabi, Wriggle's, HoG, WE. He went Wriggles, Merc, Belt, Mallet. Felt really squishy with just HoG as only HP item. Phage before WE might have been better.

yea, I've been liking like, hog, recurve, phage after wriggles if you need it, then finishing wit's after the phage. speeds up your HP pool by 950 gold, which is noticeable.


WW beats shen in lane, for sure. Played it twice last night and it's just not fair, WW with wriggle's + wit's just stands there and beats your face in. Xin should be a losing matchup Neo, but yea, if you can make it a straight farm fest, w/e, shen late game >> xin late game.



the last WW I played on top plane did not stand a chance. I Just zoned him out from the beginning.
The only problem I had was a Gangplank who parleyed me everytime and critted me quite hard TT with his jungler help he beated me in lane.

Never played a Xin before

honestly 90% of the solo top WWs at the moment are total derps. it's not that hard to beat shen with WW, yet I still people doing stupid shit like getting chalice -> SV or something.

How does one beat shen with WW? Just curious in case the situation calls for it.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
February 21 2012 16:16 GMT
#384
On February 22 2012 01:11 Two_DoWn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2012 01:02 Mogwai wrote:
On February 20 2012 01:00 Chexx wrote:
On February 19 2012 03:23 Mogwai wrote:
On February 18 2012 08:30 NeoIllusions wrote:
Played vs a Ghost/Ignite Xin just now. We both opened Cloth +5 and it was pretty stalemate early. I could harass him but he would heal it off with Passive + pots.

I died around level 5 because he initiated on me once, I dashed away but stuck around lane. I didn't let my energy recover enough before he auto'd creeps with W and EQ me again and Ignite for the kill. Using Dash as a retreat mechanism hurts a lot.

At worst, he was 60-70 creeps ahead of me but ended the game with a win with 2/2/18 and behind 10 creeps on Xin (he was 230 and his team's high).

Next time vs Cloth Xin, I'll probably just farm fest it. Shen feels more sustain vs Xin's burst when it comes to 1v1. He's almost unharassable after he comes back with Wriggle's. But team fights, it doesn't compare.

Went Tabi, Wriggle's, HoG, WE. He went Wriggles, Merc, Belt, Mallet. Felt really squishy with just HoG as only HP item. Phage before WE might have been better.

yea, I've been liking like, hog, recurve, phage after wriggles if you need it, then finishing wit's after the phage. speeds up your HP pool by 950 gold, which is noticeable.


WW beats shen in lane, for sure. Played it twice last night and it's just not fair, WW with wriggle's + wit's just stands there and beats your face in. Xin should be a losing matchup Neo, but yea, if you can make it a straight farm fest, w/e, shen late game >> xin late game.



the last WW I played on top plane did not stand a chance. I Just zoned him out from the beginning.
The only problem I had was a Gangplank who parleyed me everytime and critted me quite hard TT with his jungler help he beated me in lane.

Never played a Xin before

honestly 90% of the solo top WWs at the moment are total derps. it's not that hard to beat shen with WW, yet I still people doing stupid shit like getting chalice -> SV or something.

How does one beat shen with WW? Just curious in case the situation calls for it.

have a defensive rune spec (preferably heavy on the MRes), something like 14/15/1 for masteries and then just open cloth -> wriggle's + wit's (just go straight wit's first if he lets you) and just attack him whenever he wants to fight you. if you build to hit people with your claws, Shen can't trade favorably with you, especially since you heal up on creeps better. new WW is such a ridiculous champion, no idea why they wanted to give him so much free damage.
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
Doctorbeat
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands13241 Posts
February 21 2012 16:18 GMT
#385
How does one go about jungling him after the patch?

What item path do you go after HoG > boots1? Phage or something? Or build more resistances with Aegis/Wit's/Randuin's?
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Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-21 16:19:55
February 21 2012 16:18 GMT
#386
Shen has several characteristics that make him ez for WW:

- Stacks HP
- Not enough sustain
- Can't push
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
February 21 2012 16:20 GMT
#387
On February 22 2012 01:18 Doctorbeat wrote:
How does one go about jungling him after the patch?

What item path do you go after HoG > boots1? Phage or something? Or build more resistances with Aegis/Wit's/Randuin's?

Wriggles wits is your core. Feel free to intersperce Hog, Phage, or any other early mitigation you might want, but wriggles wits is generally your aim before gettin real tanky.

And ya smash, that is the one thing I noticed about new WW- no one can trade with you anymore. Damage just too big.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Sven Stryker
Profile Joined December 2011
United States423 Posts
February 21 2012 16:30 GMT
#388
What's the standard Top lane Shen core now? Boots, HoG, Wit's, Triforce?
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
February 21 2012 16:31 GMT
#389
standard wriggle's/wit's/triforce/mallet type offensive items, aegis/Omen/FoN type defensive items.
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
arnath
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1317 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-21 22:08:20
February 21 2012 22:07 GMT
#390
From the PBE notes for today:

General
Base armor reduced to 19 from 23
Vorpal Blade health scaling lowered to 1.5% from 2%
Feint
Energy cost increased to 50 from 40 at all levels
Base shield value reduced to 70/115/160/205/250 from 70/120/170/220/270
Fixed a few bugs with ability sounds

So Riot overbuffs Shen's damage and leaves him still energy starved and their first thought to fix this is to further increase his energy costs?
MisterTea
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1047 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-21 22:26:38
February 21 2012 22:25 GMT
#391
On February 22 2012 07:07 arnath wrote:
From the PBE notes for today:
Show nested quote +

General
Base armor reduced to 19 from 23
Vorpal Blade health scaling lowered to 1.5% from 2%
Feint
Energy cost increased to 50 from 40 at all levels
Base shield value reduced to 70/115/160/205/250 from 70/120/170/220/270
Fixed a few bugs with ability sounds

So Riot overbuffs Shen's damage and leaves him still energy starved and their first thought to fix this is to further increase his energy costs?

Hit a tuant and you have all your energy back. he doesn't really have energy problems, and i've played him quite a bit this week, ahlthought at 1200elo still climbing up, have about 88% winrate with him. Udyr totally rapes him though, in lane I now love playing as shen and against him :D

start boots 4pots, into armour or mr boots, Usually i get an Aegis right away then build wits end, Aegis really helps with the Ulti into team fights
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
February 21 2012 23:10 GMT
#392
Shen Ki strike returning 30 energy also helps dissipate some energy problems in teamfights too.
Synthesis
Profile Joined August 2008
Canada167 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-21 23:18:24
February 21 2012 23:17 GMT
#393
On February 22 2012 01:16 Mogwai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2012 01:11 Two_DoWn wrote:
On February 22 2012 01:02 Mogwai wrote:
On February 20 2012 01:00 Chexx wrote:
On February 19 2012 03:23 Mogwai wrote:
On February 18 2012 08:30 NeoIllusions wrote:
Played vs a Ghost/Ignite Xin just now. We both opened Cloth +5 and it was pretty stalemate early. I could harass him but he would heal it off with Passive + pots.

I died around level 5 because he initiated on me once, I dashed away but stuck around lane. I didn't let my energy recover enough before he auto'd creeps with W and EQ me again and Ignite for the kill. Using Dash as a retreat mechanism hurts a lot.

At worst, he was 60-70 creeps ahead of me but ended the game with a win with 2/2/18 and behind 10 creeps on Xin (he was 230 and his team's high).

Next time vs Cloth Xin, I'll probably just farm fest it. Shen feels more sustain vs Xin's burst when it comes to 1v1. He's almost unharassable after he comes back with Wriggle's. But team fights, it doesn't compare.

Went Tabi, Wriggle's, HoG, WE. He went Wriggles, Merc, Belt, Mallet. Felt really squishy with just HoG as only HP item. Phage before WE might have been better.

yea, I've been liking like, hog, recurve, phage after wriggles if you need it, then finishing wit's after the phage. speeds up your HP pool by 950 gold, which is noticeable.


WW beats shen in lane, for sure. Played it twice last night and it's just not fair, WW with wriggle's + wit's just stands there and beats your face in. Xin should be a losing matchup Neo, but yea, if you can make it a straight farm fest, w/e, shen late game >> xin late game.



the last WW I played on top plane did not stand a chance. I Just zoned him out from the beginning.
The only problem I had was a Gangplank who parleyed me everytime and critted me quite hard TT with his jungler help he beated me in lane.

Never played a Xin before

honestly 90% of the solo top WWs at the moment are total derps. it's not that hard to beat shen with WW, yet I still people doing stupid shit like getting chalice -> SV or something.

How does one beat shen with WW? Just curious in case the situation calls for it.

have a defensive rune spec (preferably heavy on the MRes), something like 14/15/1 for masteries and then just open cloth -> wriggle's + wit's (just go straight wit's first if he lets you) and just attack him whenever he wants to fight you. if you build to hit people with your claws, Shen can't trade favorably with you, especially since you heal up on creeps better. new WW is such a ridiculous champion, no idea why they wanted to give him so much free damage.


How about if the Shen doesn't actually ever commit to fighting you and just spams you down with vorpal/ki strikes pokes?

I tried out the above build in a custom and if the Shen just plays semi-passive and pokes you down with vorpal / ki strikes, shields if you q, and then backs off, it did way more damage than I could regen with autos. If I tried to Q much I'd just run out of mana from starting cloth.
Sponkz
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark4564 Posts
February 22 2012 12:12 GMT
#394
So what spec and stuff is people trying? Something like 0/21/9 with flash/tp or?
hi
Dgiese
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2687 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-22 19:01:17
February 22 2012 18:59 GMT
#395
I've been running 9/21/0, and going exhaust ignite. But that's solely because i know I can get away with it at 1450 elo. The only reason to take TP is to quickly get back to your lane after you ult to save a teammate, which only occurs pre 20 mins. Post 20 mins, it's somewhat superfluous as you will already be split pushing, and using your ult as a built in TP.

There are a bunch of summoners that could work on him, some combination of flash/ghost/heal/exhaust/ignite depending on how you want to play him.

At higher elo i've seen flash ignite commonly, same masteries. Taking mpen and cdr, although aspd and arpn also sound nice with ki strike.
Seuss
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States10536 Posts
February 22 2012 19:41 GMT
#396
Ki Strike is magic damage, so you don't really need armor penetration.
"I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me." -Moses (Numbers 11:14)
Dgiese
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2687 Posts
February 22 2012 19:44 GMT
#397
Oh, I was not aware of that. No reason to run Arpen then. I'd been running Mpen anyway, so now I feel even better about my choice
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
February 22 2012 19:46 GMT
#398
On February 23 2012 04:44 Dgiese wrote:
Oh, I was not aware of that. No reason to run Arpen then. I'd been running Mpen anyway, so now I feel even better about my choice

I typically run a 14/15/1 spec for ArPen and MPen. Those higher tier defensive masteries just don't turn me on and I'd rather have that lategame dual penetration.
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
Dgiese
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2687 Posts
February 22 2012 19:57 GMT
#399
Yeah I skip the 17 point masteries and load out on the earlier shiz. But lol @ late game dual penetration... that just sounds... dirty.
Dgiese
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2687 Posts
February 27 2012 23:08 GMT
#400
Just watched M5 top lane go dshield > warmogs > FoN > Atmas > triforce. This was against double AP. Thoughts on his build?

Although he was most kills etc on his team, it still seemed like a really shitty build. Sure he was tanky, but his damage came really late, and he had no Aspeed until zeal (and triforce. I mean c'mon, where was the wits end? especially against double AP.

I just don't think I'm sold on warmogs Shen. I built it earlier today, and yeah it made me tanky as all hell, and is really nice with his HP scaling abilities, but I just feel like mallet provides a bunch more utility, and you're often tanky enough with wits, defensive boots 2, and atma's / aegis.
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