I would absolutely love to see a Shyvanna rework eventually
She has one of the biggest potentials, I believe. Half dragon. That's super cool.
I hope she looks completely normal looking Demacian girl and then boom she's a fucking dragon.
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"We also saw that there are a lot of players who’d love for us to update Shyvana—she was the 3rd most voted for champion across all regions, and was actually the number one candidate for an update in China. The votes are loud and clear, saying a Shyvana update would be welcome, and we’ll keep that in mind when we choose which champion to update after Volibear and Fiddlesticks."
I would like her to keep her skin color and over all silhouette. However, to "cover" her draconian lineage, it would be cool if she was fully armored like Garen or Xin with her helmet that also covers her face. "Toggle-able in game," that way it explains how she can be an elite guard in a divided city and she's a dragon.
I'm SUPER sad that Riot made Pantheons new ultimate almost exactly what I wanted Shyvanas to be. Could you imagine with much less range Shyvana doing that Rising up and then turning into a fire ball just for a Dragon to pop out and crash down? #epic.
The 4 biggest things I want from her rework.
- Satisfaction when ulting like DS Pantheon.
- A good passive. Can be Dragon stack jsut a lot more reward.
- Bigger human/Dragon Model that feels intimidating. Like Morde
- To feel like the rest of the Juggernauts. Shyvana does not feel like she can 1v5 like Illoai or Darius, She also does not feel like an immovable object like Garen. Nor does she have the Zone of threat like Aatrox and Morde. Shyvana requires that enemies don't know how to kite and when on top of your can be deal with fairly easily if you know what to do her damage does not stack up nearly as fast as mordes and he has sustain. That or she goes AP and nukes people like Syndra. Neither of which is compliments the Juggernaut style.
It would be cool if she had a niche that stood her out amongst the Juggernauts.
1v1 Isolation
Zone of Threat
Heavy Defense + Execute
Heavy Damage + Execute
Sustain
Speed/Stick/Regen
Leech Stats
+Army Split push
Ranged + Execute
Stacking/late game
CC
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have a similar problem to Shyvana. What makes them special that the other Juggernauts don't already do specialize in or just do them better?
Does a little bit of everything, but he's not good at anything.
Has a good displacement with sustain, but why not play morde for a better skill or Mundo for more tank + sticking power?
Only one with a Dive, but is it really what you'd call her niche? Most people just say "she's a dragon" yeah, but what does that dragon do? (Now it nukes people for 1300 dmg, but we are talking about Juggernaut Shyvana not AP)
Overall I know other Juggernauts have problems too, but I think looking at it in this way would help get the 3 I mentioned to a healthier spot. Shyvana needs her in game identity not lore.We all know she's a dragon. Now she needs something shes the best at. (No she is not the best at taking dragons or farming. Nunu and Kayn exist.)
She needs a complete revamp on lore though and to bring back her father.
I think she needs the same AP brawler itemization as champions like 
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players are torn between being a tanky diver and being a fire-breathing AP caster. Why not meet halfway in between as an AP brawler?
Honestly, I like that Shyvana can build pretty much any item other than mana items and play well in different ways. On-hit, tank, AP burst. I also love that building AD scales into magic damage. So, as much as I want Shyvana to look her best I also fear the changes that could potentially stunt that versatility.
I play Shyvana 80% of the time I play league nowadays and the rework could shut it all down. This coming from someone who used to played old Fiora and Sejuani.
I just hope that Riot will decide to still give Dr. Mundo his rework next year... he needs it so badly and I would love to see what they can make out of him.
About Shyvana: I kinda doubt that they will make her "normal looking" in her human form. Part of the tension in her lore comes from the fact that she is an obvious magical being in the xenophobic society of Demacia. Making her looking like a normal human most of the time would kinda take that away.
I'm not looking forward to it. I would like one as someone who has played lot of the champion but the way riot has talked about her makes me worried.
It sounds like want a more ability base shyvana and not on hit auto base champion. Which goes basically against what she is. She is supposed to be a on hit bruiser not a mage.
I am really worried about a possible shyvana rework. The last few reworks have been unfun to play against and half finished (Mordekaiser is the best example) and add nothing to the game other than frustration. If the current balancing team gets their hands on a shyvana rework i doubt it will end well
I will say that I would also love for Shyvana to be reworked sometime in the future, but at the same time I will be incredibly worried when they do. Gameplay aside, I'm more concerned with how they'll handle her appearance and her story.
Her previous bio I thought was the best that Riot did, but with the recent update they gave to it a while back it felt like they took some steps backwards, mostly Dragon dad with human dad. I never liked this decision and have already posted about it enough I feel. Only hope is when they do update her, they realized their mistake and bring it back since he was present in every part of her previous lores.
Appearance wise I can't say too certain on. I mean, Mord and Pantheon got updated really well and so I would imagine that Fiddle and Voli will be the same but we'll have to see as they progress. I also have this certain mindset on how Shyvana is suppose to look so I will be wanting Riot to try and hit those when they update her, mainly keeping her human look with scaled body and skintone. Could remove the high heels from her since I've never really understood that as part of her character and her design of armor could either go into very Demacian or more unique for her. Not quite sure where I stand on if she should have horns or not (leaning towards the latter).
Would be nice to see an evolving dragon form though.
I think Shyvana's basic design is actually rather good, it just looks bad in-game. Her splash arts for her various skins hold up pretty well, and her base skin's splash (which has been updated) looks really cool. I think retaining the dragon look in her human form is the better option.
But it would be nice if they gave her some Demacian armor or something, to show how she blends in while being in J4's guard. It be cool if she had a "Demacian Guard" skin that was lore-wise, what she looked like while blending in, but Riot doesn't seem to like doing lore skins much anymore. Ironscale Shyvana is kind of a meh skin, maybe they could transform that into something along those lines? Make it more interesting?
And for goodness' sake, Riot, fix her lore! Everyone is in a tizzy over the mismanagement that was her lore update and they haven't done anything with it since. Make it better Riot! Bring back some of the old elements of her father and other details like that. There was no reason not to change it back other than limited output ability and limited writers with limited time.
So I'm not too worried tbh about her rework. In my opinion she should while in dragon form be an up close and personal AP damage dealer. But while in Human form should be an up close physical damage dealer. I think it would work best that way since it seems all magical abilities use AP, so an AP bruiser would work well imo while ONLY in dragon form. I have made a general concept of what I imagine her rework to be.
I also do like her current skin. But as AbiwonKenabi said, they should make a demacian skin. And like someone also said, her Niche is engagement among juggernauts.
So imo, they need to change how her W and Q work while in dragon form. So her W would be a constant leap that mimics flying. With the same cooldown as her current W so it's not spammable. And it having a launching benefit like one of Baron's attacks. In addition her Q should be a cone fire breath, similar to Annie's, but sets the ground on fire like her E in dragon form. And functions similarly. Her Cleave should be part of her auto attacks while in dragon form. And her R should have a stun that lasts for a very brief time. And her passive should deal 30% damage to dragons, plus give additional HP to make it a little more impactful. But also have a secondary passive that makes her W a constant threat while in dragon. I think with all this she would be a scary fight even with groups. No problem with engagements. Her human form should not change much at all statistically. Maybe a little more base HP, Armor, and MR. But nothing significant. Just so she can be more durable as dragons themselves are as well. But that's my opinions