Champ 6: Shen

*Sigh*,I'm always influenced by opinions,and my transition from one champion to another isn't as whimsical as you would imagine..

From Garen to Mordekaiser : Garen is easy!
From Mordekaiser to Nasus : Mordekaiser is OP!

A bit of background story needs to be shared before you guys can understand my sudden transition of being a traditional off-tank in mindset into a tank.

First of all,why am I so fixated on off-tanks,and have an apparent off-tank fetish?Why do I always beg for solo lanes when possible? I believe this reflects what I am deep down. I beg for solo lanes because I don't want my lane partner to pull me down,I want to go mano-a-mano against the opposing champion and boast when I completely dominate him in lane. And even if I am dominated by him,its because I played bad and there is no one besides myself to blame.

As an off-tank,if I have a good start,I'll be unstoppable going into late game. I'll be able to KILL like a carry,AND survive whatever they throw at me like a TANK. Hence,off-tanks(Offensive tanks). I wouldn't like to lean towards being carries or tanks,since as a carry,I'd have to rely on a good tank to divert the enemy's attention while I eradicate them 1 by 1 ; If I'm playing as a tank,I'd hate to divert the enemy's attention if my carry doesn't know how to position herself/himself or doesn't deal enough damage to scorch the opposition while my ass is being scorched by the enemy.

That said,playing as off-tanks is my way of not wanting to rely on others nor being relied upon by others while in the game,but take credit when I carry my team to the victory and boast about it. Sounds like a person with an overinflated ego,huh? I'm not denying it,though. "GG,Noobs." is what I say 90% of the time when I dominate so much and force the enemy team to surrender. Often,I feel good about it too.

The times (10%) when I don't tease the surrendering enemies with "GG Noobs" is when they say "Good Udyr/Morde/Gar/Nasus" when they decide to surrender,it means they're sporting about the loss and I'd look stupid and childish if I came out with a "GG Noobs" after they said that. Of course,even then I'd feel egotistical after carrying the team to a W.

Oh yeah,after hearing what I said about wins,I guess you don't need to be a genius to know what I do when we lose. I bash on my teammates,particularly the ones that're negative in scores ("Feeding") really hard,which never helps the team no matter the situation.

Some of the times I'm being an exceptional @sshole is when the team is winning,but we're already in late-game,and although they want to win the game as bad as I do,one of us go out of the base alone,either to clear up a creep wave(greedy) or to chase a dying enemy. Most of the time,both of these scenarios lead to the our isolated teammates being destroyed 1 by 1,leading to an ACE,and the enemy ending the game before we have the chance to respawn. (At very late game,it takes +- 70 seconds for us to respawn,it hurts,trust me.) When this happens,I rage on the guy who made the wrong move so hard that I think he might have lost some self-esteem at the end of the game sometimes.

 I've talked too much.But this was and is still a HUGE part of me,something I'm hoping to change,by immersing more of myself into teamplay within League of Legends,by playing as..a tank. Of course this was the main reason I decided to play a tank. But there were  few sub-reasons which were noteworthy:

• RP promotion of Shen (355 down to 199) and Blood Moon Shen (350 down to 99). I had around 300 RP remaining at the time,which made me purchase Shen on a whim.(Happened really long ago)

Bought him on a whim and played him,thinking I'd be a beast. Couldn't be more wrong. Played so bad with him (0K/17D) that I quit him and never wanted to touch him again..until

• My friend said I'm always hogging the spotlight when I play with them,I always carry them and they don't get to shine,making them look like scrubs even though they are quite good when they play alone. (True story,even I cannot deny the fact)

Hearing them say this was bittersweet for me,I felt a boost in ego but also felt torn apart of the thought that they don't enjoy playing with me,and thus I tried to find a way for us to enjoy the game together,without me having less fun than usual and also having them feel great after we get a W.

What my decision was,you guessed it,play a tank!If having lots of kills make my friends feel good about the game,then I'll find something else to make myself feel good about the a winning game,to lead in assists!
(And no,I can't be a support,I'm still not THAT skillful yet. And a part of me absolutely HATES dying a lot of times,being negative in the kill/death department. I'll leave being a support to until I become better in the game.)

• Riot buffed Shen 3 times consecutively without any nerfing,and the latest patch being his biggest buff. When I was scratching my head on which tank to start playing on, these recent patches to Shen made me think : "Yeah,he's the one!"

There you have it,enter..Shen,the Eye of Twilight.

I've had A LOT of problems when I was starting as a Shen,as I did with the other champions. I won't brag about being good with them right off the bat,but I will brag when I'm good with them after I persevere through a streak of bad games and truly shine after that.

My gosh,it wasn't in my intentions to kill so many! And don't worry,guys,this isn't the pro shen that I envision myself to be,in the not-so-far off future. Still,My assists were tied with Gragas for the game-high,that's why I think nobody could complain about the tank killing even if they wanted to. Overall,very enjoyable game. ^_^

Aha...now THIS is the type of 'pro' Shen that I want to be when all is said and done!Undisputable game-high in assists,not too many kills,not too many deaths,either! So far,this is my best game as Shen,hands down.

In case if you guys were wondering,Ashe,Fizz and Teemo's last 2 items were so stupid that I had to hide them by scrolling over Atma's Impaler. And the three of them earned over 20K gold with 300+ minion kills...Not! I was just trying to be funny..I accidentally scrolled over to Atma's Impaler when I captured the screen image.

Aha! This game could have been better than the last one (^) depending on how you look at it. Fundamentally,they are the same in the way that I don't kill a lot (0), I'm not negative in score(0) and I have the game-high in assists by FAR.(19,while the second highest is 9)

What made this game potentially better was the last one was,my team's total kills were 24,and I had a hand in NINETEEN of them(helping in 19/24 kills)!! It literally meant I was all over Summoner's Rift,messing up the opposing team and making them crazy.

Not much highlights in Shen yet,huh? I'm still getting better at him,tune in next time for more epic tanking! I'm moving on to Shyvanna for now(off-tank). No matter how I try to change for my friends,I am still who I am. :D