Shyvana
Haven't heard Shyvana mentioned in awhile in news or boards. Anyone know if Riot is doing anything with her? She seems to have fallen off the face of Runeterra -hard.
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It's been said before and I'm sure it will be mentioned millions of times more but what Shy needs most is for her ult to be unstoppable. It's just so bullshit when you try to ult engage and the enemy team's Thresh flays you back out of it.
She literally just got a minor buff. Like...less than a week ago. She's in a fine spot. They don't need to chat about her because there's no problem. She's not dominating, she's not useless.
Sadly no...
alone was a huge buff to her jungle
It increases her threat range and gives her some much needed sticking power for ganks. The devourer enchant plays to her strengths of super fast jungle clear speeds (plus your Q will proc the extra magic damage).
is a godsend on her! Any squishies that come in range of chilling 
will either have to burn a flash/escape skill or be perma-slowed. Your team will either secure the kill or you can easily 1v1 them.
is also very nice on her for extra MR and on-hit damage
is your go-to armor item. Synergizing well with her entire kit.
gives her more AOE damage aswell as lifesteal. (usually rush this after devourer's to enhance clear speeds in the jungle).
are decent boot paths for her.
Optional items:
gives her access to another ranged slow aswell as some nice on-hit damage. Opt for this instead of Wit's end if the enemy team has tankier champions like 
is a nice option if you plan on being the main tank of your team
can be substituted for wit's end if you need to be tankier while still benefitting from MR
She's in a pretty decent spot. Her clear speeds are unmatched and when left to farm... she becomes a complete monster
Played her, thought she was useless because no cc. I like playing her, but I can't stand the fact that once an enemy is actually away from you, WELP. Fuck it.
Come on downvoters, play nice. The5lacker is right about the E buff. That's actually what put her on my mind this week, I tried her up in toplane to see if it was significant. The change is certainly nice, but it doesn't fix the core problem, she can't force a fight or stick for crap. The W is nice, but it won't kill a champ unless they're really stupid. Anyone who can't take you will just run away from you and you can't stop it, doesn't matter how much power you have (even though Shyv is certainly not lacking in that department.)
Most of her falloff appears to come from lack of CC. She can't kill anything without it unless you catch someone by surprise with a wall ult or they try to fight you without knowing how the fight's actually going to go (usually this -had an epic fistfight with Volibear the other day. He thought he was going to win, he didn't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Mtd5n9RkY&feature=player_detailpage#t=67 ) She pubstops noobs to be sure. She's mega-strong, but she's got butterfingers. Frozen Mallet shouldn't be a requirement. The slow on BotRK isn't that good either. It's something, but it won't keep you from getting kited to oblivion. The Randuin's active is decent. Don't even get me started on her poor gank-game when she jungles.
Actually, on this topic, what do you guys do? How do you guys play Shyv? Post videos if you have them. Let's make a Shyv lounge and roast marshmallows or something.
hmm been doing fine with her, some games carried, some games losing.
they are nerfing and buffing the other champs is what i see right now.
but i still think she needs a buff or something don't you agree?
Played a few Shyv games the past few days. Mixed success. Haven't done badly with her, but I would never use her competitively (which is a damn shame considering she's my favorite champ.) She seems to have massive spike in lethality when she gets Frozen Mallet. Otherwise, she seems incapable of killing anything without a well-timed gank from a jungler with good CC.
I really don't want this thread to die. Shyvana is rarely talked about and she seriously needs something to make her relevant. Everything she does, someone else does better, and sooner (because they don't need a Frozen Mallet to kill something.) Also, I just feel like Shyvana players just understand.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9QjARWd5a84/T3OXHJJbe1I/AAAAAAAAA34/OVtLNvwpMvI/s190/nod-of-approval.gif
If you get that awesome super saiyan build you be like
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m93eeg5MWe1rduf3ho1_500.gif
but then...
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Butter+fingers_f77712_3302385.jpg
You become the super saiyan dragon who's also the spokeswoman for Butterfinger. I've played most of the LoL roster and I don't know of anyone who's as painful to play as Shyv sometimes. All that power and can't do jack with it for half the game.
she got a buff last patch. an extra .5% damage on her E on-hit effect.
I need to play her again. I haven't touched her since season 4.
Haven't heard Shyvana mentioned in awhile in news or boards. Anyone know if Riot is doing anything with her? She seems to have fallen off the face of Runeterra -hard.
I JUST finished making a tweak suggestion list for her: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/uqY9OsKm-dragons-ascent-tweaks-for-shyvana
She doesn't NEED much, but she's lacking enough to feel like you're doing nothing for your team. Top-lane Shyvana is actually pretty good right now though. Run Skirmisher's Sabre + Cinderhulk, then deny anyone in lane. You Smite + Twin Bite, and if they retaliate then they have to overcome dealing 20% less damage, taking true damage, Burnout, and maintained Cinderhulk stacks. Top-lane is arguably better for her than Jungle!
I would say that she is in a really good spot right now.
You may not be able to go full tank and just destroy people so she will need at least one damage item.
New jungle item synergizes ridiculously well with her W and free up a slot instead of sunfire cape.
BoTRK synergizes amazing with her newly buffed E procs and gives sticking potential.
She got a meaningless buff and is still terrible vs any teams with disengage/kite.