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Small changes to balance out Shyvana top vs jungle

OxBaker·6/26/2015, 3:52:49 PM·2 votes·785 views

Riot was on the right track with the recent Shyvana changes but they've somehow ended up creating a real noticeable difference in her strength in Jungle vs Top. Her win rates show that in the jungle she's reasonably strong (except for her ganks), while in lane she struggles.

So maybe RIOT can consider the following tweak; drop the extra 20% W damage to monsters (I don't think she needs it as much with the recent W on-hit buff) and move that strength to her Dragon form. Right now her dragon form engage is really unreliable vs CC and all she gets from it is an extra 20 armor/mr max and a some aoe to her abilities. But that doesn't do her much good when she's so easily kited or ran from.

All you would need to do is make her dragon engage unstoppable (like Hec's) and then give her some extra speed/tenacity while in dragon form (cause, you know, you can't stop a dragon). I think that would slow her jungle clear a bit in exchange for giving her something that could actually net her a kill in top now and then.

3 Comments

Dreadlocks6/26/2015, 4:03:04 PM1 votes

Giving her the unstoppable like Hecarim ult imho is almost a no brainer.. idk why they havnt done it yet.

pripustas6/26/2015, 6:22:46 PM1 votes

Yes, Shyvana is emm viable. But her ulti is just pure (put in 4 letters begins with S ends with T) Her W looks nice on paper, but in reality it works only if enemy has no mobility (almost everyone does these days) and no summoners. Also she has no counter to items with passive slow (FM, IG, etc) They completely destroy her. Her ganks can be viable if you take exhaust. but her ulti is just.. so disappointing.. Maybe if we give her ult a fear, like hecarim's, instead of that useless push, it would help. What would you be more afraid of? A horse rushing into you, or a DRAGON jumping at you surrounded in flames n all.