With Balanced Steps
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of your Bonus Resists for 2.5s. Then explode, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies.
Damage: 25 - 120 (+8% of your bonus health)
Cooldown: 20s
Resistance bonus from Aftershock capped at: 80-150 (based on level)Why?
Aftershock on Shen support makes him an incredibly strong threat in 2v2 lane fights where you're able to land your [E]. The bonus explosion damage, resists, and [Q] empowered autos make Shen a high damage version of Alistar.
Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals
5 - 30 (+2.5% Bonus Health) (+15.0% New Shield Amount) bonusadaptive damage.
You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.Why?
Shield Bash on Shen is easily proccable with [Q] and synergizes with his wanting to auto attack for the majority of his offensive damage.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health +3 over 10s.
Why?
Second Wind doubles down on Shen's lane skirmishing. The mid-fight health sustain paired with your passive shield makes Shen difficult to lose a trade when a taunt is successfully landed.
Overgrowth
Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.
When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.Why?
Overgrowth's potential massive health scaling synergizes well with Shen's health ratios on passive shield and [E] damage.
Cash Back
Get 6% Gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.
Why?
Future's Market on supports allows you to hit early game item powerspikes that much sooner on your limited gold income.
Magical Footwear
You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.
Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional10 Move Speed .Why?
Magical Footwear is a great rune choice on just about any champion largely for its raw gold value with no input. Think of it as effectively gaining a kill's worth of gold at 10min.
From the Shadows
Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:
- Deal bonus magic damage equal to 3.5% of your max health
- Heal you for 1.3% of your max health
- Permanently increase your health by 5
Ranged Champions: Damage, healing, and permanent health gained are 60% effective. Why?
Shen naturally takes great advantage of Grasp's empowered auto-attacks thanks to the majority of his power being in his [Q].
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Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals
5 - 30 (+2.5% Bonus Health) (+15.0% New Shield Amount) bonusadaptive damage.
You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.Why?
Shield Bash on Shen is easily proccable with [Q] and synergizes with his wanting to auto attack for the majority of his offensive damage.
Conditioning
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
Why?
Conditioning is an all-around solid defensive rune, giving up early weak resists for stronger resists later. These resists also scale well with Shen's natural health stacking.
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Overgrowth
Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.
When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.Why?
Shen loves to stack health as it improves his passive shield and tankiness. Overgrowth scales incredibly well with high-health items and champions.
Triumph
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.
'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian ReckonerWhy?
Triumph's massive mid-fight heal allows you to sustain incoming damage in teamfights so you can continue front-lining.
Legend: Alacrity
Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (
max 10 stacks ).
Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.Why?
The extra Attack Speed from Alactrity is fantastic for trading in lane with [Q] empowered auto attacks.