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Not that I know of, but I don't think this XP has ever been upgraded.

*draws more plot lines, prepares a guild, open brainstorms*

Any of you people with MSN, who have any ideas at all, IM me, we're going over pretty much everything. The more brains the better, since we might as well do it right.

EDIT: Also, guns. Tentative and probably staying approval of a Bren, for the record.

Not much. Four hours till my 21st birthday. smile

Well, thank you. It worked, but not how we expected. I still have to download the newest version, but I was able to prompt Windows to get me a Microsoft.net passport, which is what I needed anyways. Tomorrow, I will probably download the newest version of Messenger, since the one that came with the computer isn't working for me either.

Where's Hael. I need to some help fortifying Shen's tank build.

The problem I am having is Shen farming. He sucks at it unless someone is killing people for him (shadow dash assist), so it's tough to get gold fast enough. I think I need to learn to be defensive until I get to mid game, so I won't be losing the exp gain on the minions.

Next is my build. I go Regrowth Pendant -> Merchant's Boots -> Ruby Crystal -> then build toward armor or magic resist depending on the other team. I go for Spirit Visage then Force of Nature if it's magic, and go for Warden's to Thornmail if it's physical. The one thing I think Shen has trouble with in anything is having him attack someone. With his damage output, his passive sucks regardless. Plus, it's late game by the time I get to 3K HP, if I even make it. I used Leviathan several times, but it hasn't seemed to be effective. Thus, HP is the least priority.

Uuurgh, I just feel like something's off with Shen since I'm reaching more skilled players. Then again, my teams have been sucking a bit.

Well, I'm glad it kinda worked. We'll likely have more details tomorrow, anyway, at the moment it's just trying to figure out limits for guns, and assorted little details.

Then the DM's and I gotta get more than bare bones onto it, but yeah.

Haelstrom probably isn't the best to talk to about Shen. Sure, he knows the character well enough, but doesn't play him. I play him quite a bit.

The issue with Shen's farming is that he has no AoE at all. However, his passive gains damage with HP. That's why he's not a traditional "HUHR, YOU DO NO DAMAGE" tank. He's a "HAHAHA, LOOK, 6K HP BITCHES." kind of tank. Basically, Leviathan is a very, very, VERY good choice on Shen. Normally I wouldn't take it, but I take it on Shen almost every game.

Start with a ruby crystal. Upgrade to Leviathan. You're almost always bound to get assists if not kills with Shen, because putting a shield on someone using your ultimate gives you an assist if someone around them dies on the enemy team. After the leviathan get boots of some kind. I usually go swiftness unless the enemy team is CC crazy.

From there? I normally do something like.. Phage, ruby crystal, giant belt, regrowth, upgrade into Warmog. Then get another giant's belt and upgrade the phage into a frozen mallet. If the game is still going? Randuin's and then thornmail.