He's strong but he's not super strong, you can definitely still lose and you need a lot of skill to actually make use of his strength otherwise you fall flat.
hmmm shen position will never change as a weakside , but i think its a good champion to climb with since u can be everywere on the map after 6, he lack dmg into bruiser and mostly got outscaled ,he s a team reliant champion but playable in solo q