PCShen was last nerfed in Patch 26.6 (). Across 74 patches, Shen has received 22 buffs, 28 nerfs, 23 adjustments since release in Patch 1.0.0.81.
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Shungle is performing better than he is in the top lane, not to mention he's also outperforming many other junglers with one of the best clear speeds in the game, reliable ganks, and a global presence starting at level 6. Given the latter two strengths, we think it's fair to reduce his clear speed in order to keep the other two intact.
Twilight Assault
- Monster damage cap reduced to 100/125/150/175/200 from 120/140/160/180/200.
E bonus health ratio decreased.
Shadow Dash
- Health ratio reduced to 11% bonus health from 15%.
Empowered Q damage increased.
Twilight Assault
- Empowered health ratio increased to 5/5.5/6/6.5/7% of target's maximum health from 4/4.5/5/5.5/6%.
Q slow increased. W cooldown decreased.
Twilight Assault
- Slow increased to 25/30/35/40/45% from 15/20/25/30/35%.
Spirit's Refuge
- Cooldown reduced to 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds from 18/16.5/15/13.5/12.
Q now applies flat damage to structures.
Twilight Assault
- New Effect: Now deals 100% of the attacks' base bonus damage against structures.
Passive cooldown and refund increased. R shield decreased.
Ki Barrier
- Cooldown increased to 11 seconds from 10.
- Cooldown refund increased to 4 to 8 (based on level) seconds from 4 to 7.5 (based on level).
Stand United
- Minimum base shield reduced to 120/220/320 from 130/290/450.
- Minimum shield health ratio reduced to 15% bonus health from 16%.
Stand United
- New Effect: Cast now has a forgiveness radius of 100 units.
Passive shield strength increased.
Ki Barrier
- Base shield increased to 47 to 120 (based on level) from 47 to 101 (based on level).
- Health ratio increased to 13% bonus health from 12%.
Passive cooldown adjusted.
Ki Barrier
- Cooldown refund increased to 4 to 7.5 (based on level) seconds from 4 to 7.5 (based on level). Now scales linearly instead of at breakpoints.
Spirit's Refuge
- Bug Fix: Now properly blocks the on-hit damage dealt by Kraken Slayer Bring It Down and Stormrazor Bolt.
E passive energy refund increased late.
Shadow Dash
- Energy restore increased to 30/40/50 (at level 1/4/12) from 30/35/40 (at level 1/4/12).
Stats
- Base health increased to 610 from 540.
- Health growth increased to 99 from 85.
- Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3.
- Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
Ki Barrier
- Shield health ratio reduced 12% bonus health from 14%.
Stand United
- Minimum base shield reduced to 130/290/450 from 140/320/500.
- Minimum shield health ratio reduced to 16% bonus health from 17.5%.
Q damage decreased.
Twilight Assault
- Empowered health ratio reduced to 4/4.5/5/5.5/6% maximum health from 5/5.5/6/6.5/7%.
Passive shield decreased.
Ki Barrier
- Base shield reduced to 50 to 101 (based on level) from 60 to 111 (based on level).
Ki Barrier
- Bug Fix: Block effect now properly takes priority over shield mitigations.
R shield decreased; now scales with bonus health.
Stand United
- Minimum base shield reduced to 140/320/500 from 175/350/525.
- Maximum base shield reduced to 224/512/800 from 280/560/840.
- New Effect: Shield now scales with 17.5% bonus health, increased up to 28% based on target's missing health.
Stats
- Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
Spirit's Refuge
- Bug Fix: No longer blocks Sinister Steel, Shunpo, and Death Lotus.
Passive shield decreased.
Ki Barrier
- Base shield reduced to 60 to 111 (based on level) from 70 to 121 (based on level).
Stand United
- Bug Fix: Can no longer undo item purchases before the channel completes.
Passive shield value increased.
Ki Barrier
- Base shield increased to 70 to 121 (based on level) from 50 to 101 (based on level).
Surgeon
- Updated visual effects.
Twilight Assault
- Damage cap against monsters increased to 120/140/160/180/200 from 75/100/125/150/175.
Twilight Assault
- Empowered health ratio increased to 5/5.5/6/6.5/7% of target's maximum health from 4/4.5/5/5.5/6%.
Shadow Dash
- Base damage increased to 60/85/110/135/160 from 50/75/100/125/150.
Stats
- Attack speed growth increased to 3% from 2%.
Shadow Dash
- Bonus health ratio increased to 15% of his bonus health from 12%.
Twilight Assault
- Base damage increased to 10 to 40 (based on level) from 5 to 30 (based on level).
Stand United
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where he was not saying his signature wind-up voiceover when casting the ability.
General
- Bootless walk animation added.
Twilight Assault
- Spirit Blade collision slow reduced to 15/20/25/30/35% from 35% at all ranks.
Twilight Assault
- Base damage reduced to 5 to 30 (based on level) from 15 to 40 (based on level).
Twilight Assault
- Removed: Empowered attacks counting as spell hits.
Twilight Assault
- Removed: Empowered attack dealing 30/50/70/90/110 bonus magic damage to non-champions.
- New Effect: Empowered attack now deal an additional 15 to 40 (based on level) magic damage.
- New Effect: Empowered attack against monsters deals double damage, 30 to 80 (based on level) magic damage, but is still capped.
Shadow Dash
- Energy cost reduced to 150 from 180.
- Width increased to 120 from 100.
Stand United
- Cooldown increased to 200/180/160 seconds from 180/150/120.
- Base shield value reduced to 175/350/525 from 250/550/850.
- New Effect: Shield now increases by 1% for every 1% of target's missing health, up to 280/560/840 total shield at 40% health.
Stats
- Armor growth increased to 3 from 2.6.
- Health growth increased to 85 from 73.
Ki Barrier
- Shield health reduced to 50 to 101 (based on level) from 52 to 120 (based on level).
Twilight Assault
- Maximum health damage reduced to 2/2.5/3/3.5/4% from 3/3.5/4/4.5/5%.
- Enhanced maximum health damage reduced to 4/4.5/5/5.5/6% from 5/5.5/6/6.5/7%.
Stats
- Base health regen reduced to 8.5 from 10.
Stand United
- New Effect: Increased the visibility of Shen's shield when channeling.
- New Effect: The targeted ally's screen is now color-tinted during Stand United's channel.
- Bug Fix: No longer continues channeling through the revive effect of Chronoshift.
Shadow Dash
- New Effect: Now affect neutral monsters.
General
- Complete visual upgrade across all skins.
- New artwork for Frozen, Yellow Jacket, Surgeon, Blood Moon and Warlord.
Stats
- Base health reduced to 540 from 570.8.
- Health growth reduced to 73 from 85.
- Health regeneration increased to 10 from 8.37.
- Health regeneration growth increased to 0.75 from 0.55.
- Armor growth reduced to 2.6 from 4.
- Base attack damage reduced to 60 from 60.17.
- Attack damage growth reduced to 3 from 3.375.
- Attack speed growth reduced to 2% from 3.4%.
- Maximum energy increased to 400 from 200.
- Movement speed increased to 340 from 335.
Ki Barrier - Innate
- Innate: Shen shields himself from 52 to 120 (based on level) (+ 14% bonus health) damage for 2.5 seconds whenever he activates Twilight Assault or Shadow Dash, or upon completing Spirit's Refuge or Stand United. The cooldown is reduced by 4 to 7.5 (based on level) seconds whenever his abilities affect an allied or enemy champion.
- Cooldown: 10 seconds.
- Spirit Blade: Shen is accompanied by an immobile, untargetable Spirit Blade that is connected to him by a tether. The Spirit Blade remains idle on the ground unless commanded to move or forced to move to Shen's current location when they move too far apart.
Twilight Assault - Q
- Active: Shen calls his Spirit Blade to himself, slow all enemies along its tether that are facing away from him by 35% for 2 seconds as well as empowering his next three basic attacks to deal 3/3.5/4/4.5/5% (+ 1.5% per 100 AP) of target's max. health bonus damage.
- If at least one enemy champion was caught in the tether, the bonus damage is increased by 2% (+ 0.5% per 100 AP) of target's max. health and Shen also gains 50% attack speed for those attacks.
- Non-champions take 30/50/70/90/110 bonus damage.
- Cost: 140/130/120/110/100 energy
- Cooldown: 8/7.25/6.5/5.75/5 seconds
Spirit's Refuge - W
- Active: Shen's primes his Spirit Blade for 2 seconds, causing it to project a protective zone around it for 1.75 seconds if he or an allied champion move nearby. Once the zone is active, all allies within the area gain 100% dodge chance for the duration.
- Cost: 40 energy
- Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/11 seconds
Shadow Dash - E
- Passive: Shen recovers 30/35/40 (at level 1/7/13) energy whenever he deals damage with Twilight Assault or Shadow Dash.
- Active: Sightly unchanged.
- Damage reduction from taunted targets removed.
- Energy refund moved to the Passive.
- Cost increased to 180 energy at all ranks from 100/95/90/85/80.
- Cooldown increased to 18/16/14/12/10 seconds from 16/14/12/10/8.
- Removed: (+ 50% AP) scaling.
- Added: (+ 12% bonus health) scaling.
Stand United - R
- Active: Sightly unchanged.
- AP ratio reduced to (+ 130% AP) from (+ 135% AP).
- Cooldown reduced to 180/150/120 seconds from 180/160/120.
- Clarity: Shen's Spirit Blade will arrive with Shen.
Shadow Dash
- Fixed a bug that caused taunted enemies to not deal reduced damage to Shen.
Vorpal Blade
- Base Heal reduced to 3/6/9/12/15 from 6/10/14/18/22.
General
- Base magic resistance increased to 32.1 from 30.
- Magic resistance growth increased to 1.25 from 0.
Ki Strike
- Cooldown reduced to 9/8/7 (at level 1/7/13) seconds from 9 at all levels.
Shadow Dash
- Energy cost reduced to 100/95/90/85/80 from 100 at all ranks.
Stand United
- New Effect: Now places Shen between his target and the closest visible enemy champion.
Stand United
- Cooldown reduced to 180/150/120 seconds from 200/180/160.
Shadow Dash
- Energy cost reduced to 100 from 120.
Shadow Dash
- Fixed a bug where taunting dead champions would give Shen bonus energy.
Stand United
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Shen would occasionally fail to teleport to his protected target for no reason.
Stand United
- Fixed a bug where Stand United would occasionally cancel itself.
General
- Collision radius at the end-point has been slightly increased
Shadow Dash
- Collision radius has been reduced at the start and end points of the dash.
Shadow Dash
- Shen's damage reduction from taunted enemies now only applies to their basic attacks (previously reduced all physical damage).
Feint
- Shield amount reduced to 60/100/140/180/220 from 70/115/160/205/250.
Stand United
- Can now be interrupted by root effects.
Ki Strike
- Fixed a bug where the visual effect wasn't properly appearing at the start of the game.
Ki Strike
- Fixed a bug that caused Ki Strike to be consumed when attacking wards.
Ki Strike
- Cooldown reduction per attack reduced to 1 second from 1.5.
- Cooldown reduction per attack while Feint is active reduced to 2 seconds from 3.
- Updated tooltip to show cooldown and bonus damage dealt.
Shadow Dash
- Cooldown increased to 16/14/12/10/8 seconds from 10/9.5/9/8.5/8.
Ki Strike
- Damage reduced to 8 to 76 (based on level) from 10 to 112 (based on level).
Stand United
- Cooldown increased to 200/180/160 seconds from 180/150/120.
Ki Strike
- Cooldown increased to 9 seconds from 8.
Vorpal Blade
- Base damage reduced to 60/100/140/180/220 from 60/105/150/195/240.
- Cooldown increased to 6/5.5/5/4.5/4 seconds from 5/4.5/4/3.5/3.
- Fixed a bug where last hitting with Vorpal Blade healed for less than intended.
Ki Strike
- Base damage increased to 10-112 from 10-95.
- Scaling increased to +10% bonus health from +8%.
- Cooldown is now reduced by 1.5 seconds whenever Shen attacks instead of reduced by 2 seconds when being attacked.
- Now returns 10/20/30 energy.
- Damage now scales correctly with all sources of bonus Health (% health runes, Juggernaut mastery).
- Added a cooldown timer.
Vorpal Blade
- Energy cost changed to 60 at all ranks from 70/65/60/55/50.
- Base damage changed to 60/105/150/195/240 from 70/105/140/175/210.
- Ability power scaling reduced to 0.6 from 0.75.
- Base heal effect reduced to 6/10/14/18/22 from 18/26/34/42/50.
- Heal now scales with +2% of Shen's maximum health.
- If Vorpal Blade deals the killing blow, it now triggers 33% of the heal effect for Shen.
- Allied damaging spells can now trigger the heal effect in addition to attacks (Vorpal Blade cannot trigger itself).
- Undocumented: Cooldown increased to 5/4.5/4/3.5/3 seconds from 3 seconds.
- Undocumented: Cooldown increased to 5/4.5/4/3.5/3 seconds from 3 seconds.
Feint
- Duration increased to 3 seconds from 2.5.
- Energy cost reduced to 40 from 45.
- Base shield amount increased to 70/120/170/220/270 from 50/100/150/200/250.
- Shield scaling reduced to 0.6 per ability power from 0.75.
- While Feint is active, Ki Strike cooldown reduction on hit is increased to 3 seconds from 1.5.
Shadow Dash
- Cooldown reduced to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds from 10 at all ranks.
- Energy cost increased to 120 at all ranks from 120/115/110/105/100.
- Restores 40 energy per champion affected (rather than a flat 50 energy if you affect one).
- Now deals 50/85/120/155/190 damage (+0.5 ability power) to enemy champions.
- Taunt duration changed to 1.5 at all ranks seconds from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2.
- Now grants Shen 50% physical damage reduction from taunted targets.
Stand United
- Channel time increased to 3 seconds from 2.5.
- Shield duration reduced to 5 seconds from 7.5.
- Shield amount increased to 250/550/850 from 200/475/750.
- Undocumented: Ability power scaling decreased to 1.35 from 1.5.
- Undocumented: Ability power scaling decreased to 1.35 from 1.5.
Stats
- Base attack damage increased to 54.5 from 53.8.
- Attack damage per level increased to 3.375 from 3.075.
- Base armor increased to 19 from 18.
Vorpal Blade
- Base magic damage increased to 70/115/140/175/210 from 50/90/130/170/210.
- Magic damage ability power ratio increased to 0.75 from 0.65.
- Heal over 3 seconds increased to 18/26/34/42/50 from 10/20/30/40/50.
- Heal 0.2 ability power ratio has been removed.
Feint
- Ability power ratio increased to 0.75 from 0.6.
Shadow Dash
- Taunt duration increased to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds from 0.8/1.1/1.4/1.7/2.
Stand United
- Shield strength ability power ratio increased to 1.5 from 1.0.
- Energy cost reduced to 0 from 50.
Ki Strike
- Base damage reduced to 10 from 15.
- Bonus damage now scales off 8% of his bonus health instead of 3.5% of his maximum health.
Vorpal Blade
- Base damage reduced to 50/90/130/170/210 from 50/95/140/185/230.
Stand United
- Shield strength reduced to 200/475/750 from 300/525/750.
Ki Strike
- It can now be cancelled mid-attack (and will not say 'Cannot Move While Casting').
- Fixed a bug where it could kill a target and not trigger Vorpal Blade heal effect.
Feint
- Updated tooltips to properly match the functionality and adjusted the playing tips referencing it.
Shadow Dash
- Fixed a bug where it could move a shorter distance than intended if Shen was greatly slowed.
Shadow Dash
- Fixed a bug where the taunt particle sometimes played on targets that blocked the taunt.
Shadow Dash
- No longer be cast while root.
Stand United
- No longer be cast while root.
Feint
- Duration increased to 2.5 seconds from 1.5.
Stand United
- No longer shields Shen.
Shadow Dash
- Fixed a bug where it would play the taunt sound when dashing over Null Zone.
Vorpal Blade
- Heal reduced to 10/20/30/40/50 from 15/30/45/60/75.
Feint
- Has been changed to work like a normal shield.
- Now absorbs up to 50/100/150/200/250 damage.
- Shield strength has an 0.6 ability power ratio.
Stand United
- Fixed a bug where Shen was able to teleport while taunted.
Ki Strike
- Damage gained from health reduced to 3.5% from 4%.
- Cooldown reduction on champion hit reduced to 2 seconds from 3.
Vorpal Blade
- Damage reduced to 50 from 50.
Feint
- Base block amount reduced to 40 from 40.
Stand United
- Cooldown increased to 180 seconds from 150.
Vorpal Blade
- Damage changed to 50/100/150/200/250 from 60/100/140/180/220.
- Ability power ratio increased to 0.65 from 0.6.
Feint
- Energy cost modified to 45 from 60/55/50/45/40.
- Cooldown increased to 9 seconds from 3.
- Now blocks damage from every hit for 1.5 seconds.
- It blocks 40/75/110/145/180 damage from all non-turret damage sources.
Shadow Dash
- Energy restored upon hitting a champion increased to 50 from 40.
- Cooldown increased to 10 seconds from 9.
Stand United
- Shield reduced to 300/525/750 from 400/600/800.
- Duration reduced to 7.5 seconds from 8.5.
- No longer refunds the cooldown when interrupted.
Ki Strike
- Fixed a bug where it was not displaying properly with death recap.
Shen added to League of Legends
Ki Strike (Innate)
- Every 8 seconds, Shen’s next attack deals bonus damage based on his max health. Being attacked by enemy champions makes this passive occur more frequently.
Vorpal Blade (Q)
- Hits a target enemy for magic damage, and marks the target for allies to see. Allied units that attack the marked enemy target get healed over several seconds.
Feint (W)
- Shen defends against the next champion attack or spell, blocking much of the damage from it.
Shadow Dash (E)
- Shen dashes towards target location, taunting enemies he passes through.
Stand United (Ultimate)
- Shen places a shield on himself and on a target ally which absorbs damage. After channeling for several seconds, Shen teleports to the target ally.
