Idea to buff and mini-rework Shyvana
Right now, shyvana suffers from being a relatively immobile off-tank with no CC whatsoever in a game of mobile assassins and cc casters. She has no sustain, only 1 gap closer being her ult, no spike damage without her ult and multiple items, and has a very hard time surviving anywhere other than in the jungle being pampered by teammates constantly.
Hardly a setup befitting our dragon girl wouldnt you say?
I suggest the following changes to help her be the dragon we all know she should be.
- Make her dragon form available at level 1.
- Change her ult to be castable any time for 25 points of rage, and to be cancelable at will. When canceled, it will have a 4 second recharge time to be cast again.
- Half her base rage buildup, while keeping her auto attack charge. Once her ult is at level 3, it regains its current max level recharge time.
- Remove her max health gain on ult cast unless her ult is cast at max rage.
- Give burnout the ability to give increasing HP regen per second when used in dragon form.
As she is right now, outside dragon form shyvana is weak in the jungle, and worthless everywhere else. She is picked off easily by ranged characters, and is unable to succeed against any tank with CC. When in dragon form, she is stronger with an aoe charge and fire breath, but her current kit makes her save her dragon form for only occasional engagements or burn it as an initiator or escape. She ends up being boring, and very passive for much of the game.
These changes will give Shyvana the ability to exist outside of jungle by having a more constant means of engaging or retreat, while also making her better able to survive in game. By making players have to balance use of dragon time for faster clearing or skirmishes in lane, she will be more interesting to play and less passively boring.
The lower rage charge time will also prevent her from just sitting in lane and spaming her ults spike cheaply, but still giving her a means to fight back against ranged champions and CC heavy bruisers.
