Any plans to help Shyvana top?

Kheldar166·Nov 2, 2016·2 votes·327 views

Are there any plans to push Shyvana out of the jungle and into the top lane? I feel like this would make for a healthier champion for a few reasons, but mostly because in the jungle she either has insane clear speeds or she's useless as she offers nothing else, and if she has insane clear speeds then the rest of her kit has to be balanced so that she can't just afk farm and then kill everything.

Especially with the upcoming changes to disincentivise power farming, I'd really like to see Shyvana shifted back into a top-lane juggernaut/diver champion where she'll be easier to balance and more interactive to play and play against. Thoughts? (Other than that you main Shyvana jungle so you'd rather this doesn't happen because that's not relevant to game health)

Any rioters, are the Shyvana changes that have been hinted at in this direction, and if not, what's the general thought processes and goals of the changes?

3 Comments

Raiku KawisaNov 2, 20161 votes

At the very least I hope they don't kill her jungle play completely. I am a jungle main because of Shyvana. It would not be a pleasant transistion if my main completely changed roles. Other than that I don't have much to add to a Top Shyvana discussion.

GrimspeakeNov 2, 20161 votes

Lol leave shyvana alone they already gutted her carry potential with that bloodrazor update and basically forced her to be built cinderhulk titanic.

PapaGreg21Nov 2, 20161 votes

Shyvana was accidentally made too strong with Devourer and was an extremely effective champ early this season. Because of this success, she has been put in the basement until everyone else gets gradually nerfed over the next 15 months where she will once again become a top champion because eventually everyone else will become weaker. See Sejuani's history for details.