Shen
With Balanced Steps
Lane harassment and consistent damage output.
After
immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus
adaptive damage.
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Get some gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each
takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Offense
+5 AD or 9 AP
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Flex
+5 AD or 9 AP
Defense
+6 Armor or 8 MR (match-up)
Why Aftershock
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.
Why Shield Bash
Shield Bash on Shen is easily proccable with [Q] and synergizes with his wanting to auto attack for the majority of his offensive damage.
Why Second Wind
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.
Why Overgrowth
Overgrowth's potential massive health scaling synergizes well with Shen's health ratios on passive shield and [E] damage.
WhyCash Back
Future's Market on supports allows you to hit early game item powerspikes that much sooner on your limited gold income.
WhyMagical Footwear
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
Lane harassment and consistent damage output.
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus
adaptive damage.
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
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Offense
+5 AD or 9 AP
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Flex
+5 AD or 9 AP
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Defense
+6 Armor or 8 MR (match-up)
Why Grasp of the Undying
Shen naturally takes great advantage of Grasp's empowered auto-attacks thanks to the majority of his power being in his [Q].
Why Shield Bash
Shield Bash on Shen is easily proccable with [Q] and synergizes with his wanting to auto attack for the majority of his offensive damage.
Why Conditioning
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.
Why Overgrowth
Shen loves to stack health as it improves his passive shield and tankiness. Overgrowth scales incredibly well with high-health items and champions.
WhyTriumph
Triumph's massive mid-fight heal allows you to sustain incoming damage in teamfights so you can continue front-lining.
WhyLegend: Alacrity
The extra Attack Speed from Alactrity is fantastic for trading in lane with [Q] empowered auto attacks.