Shyvana changes: Soon™?

RaiokuMoonscar·1/6/2016, 1:21:41 AM·1 votes·470 views

I know this is old news but as stated by the following;

Aug 5th [(http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/08/red-post-collection-juggernaut-reworks.html)]

When asked about other fighters such as Shyvana or Olaf and if there are any planks for them, Meddler noted:

"We haven't started work on Shyvana or Olaf yet besides some really rough brainstorming, in part because we want to see how these changes, and the associated item changes, go. Assess what works, what doesn't, where we should have taken things further or pulled back etc."

On Shyvana, he continued:

"Can't offer you any details on what changes to her kit might look like, we haven't started talking about that ourselves yet. Would definitely expect her to retain a strong damage focus."

Aug 10th [(http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/08/red-post-collection-august-10th-patch.html)http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/08/red-post-collection-august-10th-patch.html]

"Quote:

You guys also mentioned Shyvana and Olaf in the Dev Blog- How far off are they and can you share anything about their updates? End of year maybe? We know that we want to work on them, but we don't yet know exactly what the output should be per champion yet."

Aug 27th [(http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/08/red-post-collection-building-bilgewater.html#more)http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/08/red-post-collection-building-bilgewater.html#more]

"Starting with Creative, this can be a character that is literally just a dead end. Not just a character we aren't telling stories with, it could also be a character that's just a complete black spot in terms of execution and fantasy. My favorite person to pick on with this one is Shyvana: The Half(ass)-Dragon. While she has some merit as a character (Farm style jungle kit, her backstory with J4 (J4xShyvana > J4xQuinn)), her execution as a DRAGON is pretty weak, and that bleeds into Art/Design as well. Also, sometimes we just see really awesome opportunities align larger packages, such as Gangplank did with Burning Tides."

Oct 9th [(http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/10/red-post-collection-fiora-kindred.html#more)]

"We were previously looking to do work on both Shyvana and Olaf in the preseason. We came to the conclusion both were in fairly reasonable spots though and that we'd be better off putting that time into other champions instead, at least for now."

I'm just pondering on what Riot could possibly be thinking of, I'm interested in the Art/Design thing emphasizing more on her DRAGON aspect o.o. I've seen the accidentally released PBE changes and that was a little far haha but i can see some good things coming out of the concept if works correctly helping her top lane play as well.

Never wanted a season to end so badly, just to see what they come up with lol Shyvana

6 Comments

BluePolarizer1/6/2016, 1:26:55 AM1 votes

Shyvana is now a squishy support mage. GG.

VictoryDance961/6/2016, 2:16:09 AM1 votes

I liked Shyvana... W8... am I missing something, what was wrong with her in the first place?

CoolHandJack1/6/2016, 5:04:02 AM1 votes

OH GOD NO! Shyvana's kit is perfect. Simple and fun, a throw back to league design from years ago. Riot does anything to her now and she is going to have some stupid mini-game to play.