I Cooked Something Up For You Guys

its kinda like having an additional ability to use for trading. albeit a weak one. it was a staple part of many toplaners to use in their combo for some extra oomph, or some faster waveclear when u needed it. in simple terms, extra power on demand.

the big thing for the actives on the finished item tho is that its an aa reset. shen doesnt innately have this. u cant like aa q aa like u can on say literally anyone with an empowered aa. examples are garen, darius, cho, mundo, fiora, sett, malph, rene... list goes on a while. this gives champs without this innate aa reset something to do that with, which is pretty huge.

also with this power on demand that comes from tiamat or finished item, obv aa reset means burst. so for shen, this means basically an additional aa when u taunt someone, like a mage or adc. its not quite a completely free auto, but in practicality it often leads to +1 aa able to connect. one with extra dmg aswell...

theres more applications, but u can basically look at it like a 5th ability that works like an aa reset. not as powerful as a normal ability ofc, but compared to like a normal item its pretty big. its not always the best, things are relative. but a lot of the time this matters a lot. it can be the difference between winning or losing trades, killing that squishy or not killing it. also just QOL. its very nice and comfortable to use even just clearing waves or jgl camps. extra power on demand is nice.