I may be a nonexistent elo (ex-Gold, floating between Silver 3-5 ATM) Shyvana main...

Theiki Kayle··1 votes·270 views

...but I have one tip for all remaining Shyvana players. Our dragon girl is now falling out of popularity (which is good, we wanna be unique), but I just wanna say this for those still loyal to her.

Please, please build DMP/Randuin's/Banshee's/SV as a second item. I see people going BotRK/other offensive item immediately after Devourer/Warrior too often. Shyvana is not Yi, Jax or Xin, she's a heavy fighter (like Darius). By going for a second offensive item immediately after your first you're denying yourself the valuable resists that go with your passive (and need some HP to be of use) and gimping your team (because with a tank item second you don't get bursted immediately and are a threat both damage-wise and tank-wise).

Titanic Hydra is not bad as a second item, but I still find DMP (if they have a lot of AP, Banshee's) to be superior, since it makes me a bigger threat and makes me sit in the middle of their team longer.

(if you're going Cinderhulk then feel free to get an offensive item second, though I highly recommend Titanic Hydra over anything else, since it scales like a beast dragon with any Shyvana build).

PS: Frozen Mallet is decent as a final item, just because it's hated doesn't mean it doesn't function well.

9 Comments

Pierce The Veal3 votes

As someone who's played shyvana since season 2, if you're not stacking tiam- I mean building infinity edge and tons of damage you're doing it wrong.

Sincerely,

The guy who one shot your adc.

Theiki Kayle1 votes

Next time I get Shyvana on ARAM I'm going AP. Just to see the world burn.

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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Next time I get Shyvana on ARAM I'm going AP. Just to see the world burn.

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/YAGpXPd

Theiki Kayle1 votes

Good, I see no objections.

darkmatchwaldo2 votes

Because you can't deal damage when you're dead.

[slayer-jinx-wink]

Theiki Kayle1 votes

Karthus I play this guy the same way as Shyvana, except I need to summoner 4 into their team with E open and my goal is to actually die.

[slayer-jinx-wink]

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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Because you can't deal damage when you're dead.

[slayer-jinx-wink]

Don't need to die if you can just use your best cc on them.

Weathered1 votes

After Devourer get sunfire and then titanic. Trust me, sunfire does a helluvalot more damage than you think.

Theiki Kayle1 votes

I have mixed feelings about Sunfire. I like the damage, A LOT, but I also like DMP.

(irrelevant, but DMP auto has an insanely satisfying sound FX, especially when it's played with Shyvana. Just smacking somebody with your gauntlets and hearing the thud is hilarious)

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