Does Shyvana need an Update?

As someone who pretty much mains her and has the highest mastery with her over all others champions, I can say that she is by far my favorite champion to play. But with the recent patch it's just hasn't been the same. I mean ok her ult now charges faster at the first 2 ranks now, that's nice, but in the end it's just another band aid fix to her, like Liss and Xin, just to keep her a somewhat decent pick. On top of that I just feel like shes just been nerfed for a while and these small buffs just don't do anything. I mean lets look at her recent patch history for a moment:

• 6.6 - Twin bite gets nerfed

• 6.9 - Devourer gets removed (Big ouch)

• 6.10 - They add a AP ratio to her W

• This patch - slightly faster ult regen

Basically what I see from this is just heavy nerfs to her and insignificant buffs. Riot didn't really do anything to her Q nerf after devourer got removed and so basically she got Sejuani'd, but far worse since a core item for her got removed. On top of that, they then add the AP ratio to try and make up for the devour effect on and convince people to buy it on her, but the item itself is far too expensive for her path and doesn't provide anything but slowly increasing AD and AP damage. And that's just the changes to her. Looking back on what she has it's not much:

Pros

• Tanky

• Good damage

• Fairly decent early dueling, counter jungling potential, and great clear speed

• Being a dragon (Fuck Yeah)

Cons

• No CC whatsoever (not even a slow) (correction, no CC pre-6 but even then its not that good)

• Fairly clunky ult (that is also non-uninterruptible)

• Extremely weak early ganks

• Farm heavy and item dependent

When you compare the two, its not hard to understand why most people pick other junglers over her. While she does have good pros, the cons when looked over closely outweigh them. She really doesn't have any CC. I've literally checked every single champion on the wiki and she's the only one that doesn't have any (Another correction, there are other champions that don't have CC like Kat and Yi and she does have CC on her ult, but let's be honest its not that good). And that brings us to the next problems. Her early ganks are so bad without her ult. You basically have to hope that your teammate understands that they have to engage first on the opponent if shes ganking you pre-6. Even with that she doesn't have anything to keep them locked in your gank, except taking or instead of to keep up with them. If not you have to rely on farming for items later on in the gamelike . And the ult.....good god as much as I love this champ I somewhat hate this ability. It can be so easily countered by any sort of CC and the dragging of your enemies doesn't feel like it works half the time, like they go halfway for me (course that might just be me). And don't even get me started on her with Bloodrazor. It just feels like a joke to me. I actually have more comfort taking Cinderhulk over it.

In short, one of my most beloved champs just feels like crap right now. Granted, she still is pretty good but with everything I just pointed out its just got me in a depressing mood. I just feel like there needs to be a rework or something for her soon because it just makes me grit my teeth to see Riot just band aid champions like this, especially to my main. I even remember them taking about having her and Olaf part of some future juggernaut update they may do for them. If they have any intention to do any of this then here's a list of what I feel needs to happen:

1. Keep burnout and the concept of dragon transformation - The transformation is a no brainer but burnout I feel could be a questionable thing for people but I say keep it. It's a core essential to her kit and identity. ( I would also say keep twin bite, but I have mixed feelings about it at the moment.)

2. Try adding some new abilities to her - I've never liked her E that much even though it provides % health damage on AA when you land it and the passive is ok but I feel like there could be some better abilities that they can come up with her. Maybe even have her turning into a dragon be a little more exciting then just flying in a straight line.

3. Give her some CC - This I feel has always been the issue when people play Shyvana. Give her at least some sort of slow. Seriously, why does every other fucking champion have some sort of slow or other CC but she's left in the gutter?

4. Try allowing her to return to top - As much as I love playing her in the jungle I always wanted to try her in top lane. But with the current state of top laners added along with her right now I just don't ever think its a good idea to do it, even for fun. I've even heard that back in season 3 she was fairly decent so it'd just be nice to see her make a return rather then completely become a jungle only champ.

5. If her ult remains the same, make it uninterruptible - already discussed it above and this says it all. Next.

6. ** Model update** - This is more personal preference but most of her current models besides her championship and new super galaxy and possibly ice drake just seem out of date, especially her base skin. It just looks like the old splash art she had before. Just having look a little more like the new art would just be nice. As well as having the other skins have a little touch up. I'd even say maybe update her voice over, either someone new or even the same one, but one thing at a time. (Side note: do you think we could also get some skins that show her original skin? Literally every other skin she has depicts her as a normal human, because fan service, but it'd just be nice to see another skin showing off her original colors besides her base. Again this is just personal preference.)

So what do you guys think? Do you completely agree, disagree, neutral? Give me your thoughts and feedback.