shending_help

After a bunch of deliberation internally, looking at some player feedback, we've decided to nerf Shen by a bit. An interesting note for Shen is that for China in particular, he is basically not a factor (in each bracket he is both unpopular and unperformant) To elaborate more on why we think champs like Shen, Braum, etc. are good for the game when kept on the stronger side of balanced, they have benefits by reducing damage incoming to carries (eg. Shen W, R) as well as having pretty clear counterplay; dodge his E, Q, walk away from his attacks if he misses, etc. To be clear, I'm not saying there's a point where Shen isn't too strong and frustrating, just pointing out that in most states of balance he plays a role in making the game feel less lethal. The flip side of this is champions that are quite frustrating; these champions tend to have their steady state a little lower than where they would be "truly balanced", because at truly balanced, they would be banned too much. As a result, they would rest at slightly lower than "perfectly balanced" normally