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Recommended Items
Runes: AP Bruiser Shyvana PTA
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
Challenging Smite
Flash
Items
Ability Order Standard ability path
Fury of the Dragonborn (PASSIVE)
Shyvana Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Rek'Sai
She will dominate you early, avoid her at all costs. You absolutely dumpster her later on in the game so do your best to survive early.
Yasuo
Tell your Yasuo teammate to ult if you decide to go for a multi-man ultimate. It is important to type to him in chat that your ultimate is a knockup and for him to get ready. Ping him and your ultimate. If both of you land your abilities on multiple people the game will be a win.
Yasuo
Tell your Yasuo teammate to ult if you decide to go for a multi-man ultimate. It is important to type to him in chat that your ultimate is a knockup and for him to get ready. Ping him and your ultimate. If both of you land your abilities on multiple people the game will be a win.
Champion Build Guide
Nashor's Tooth > Iceborn Gauntlet > Zhonya's Hourglass > Cosmic Drive > Void Staff
The boots you will be going mainly are the Sorcerer's Shoes, but depending on who you are facing you can go Plated Steelcaps into heavy AD and auto attackers or Mercury's Treads against Heavy AP teams or teams with a lot of CC. Alternatively, you could also go Ionian Boots of Lucidity instead of sorcerers if you prefer ability haste in exchange for the magic penetration.
As always, you want to rush Nashor's Tooth first because attack speed is very important on Shyvana. The attack speed allows you to get your ultimate quicker as well as farm really fast. Nashor's also makes you a pretty good fighter so that you can matchup against other fighter champions that want to duel you for extended fights.
Next item is Iceborn Gauntlet. This item is pretty good because it gives you the tank stats as well as the utility you need on a bruiser. It also makes you get a lot more health for every legendary item you complete, which you really need if you are going to frontline as AP Bruiser Shyvana. Another reason this item is good is because it is rather cheap at 2800 gold as of patch 11.3.
The next items that you go are your choice of either Zhonya's Hourglass or Cosmic Drive. It is all preference. If the enemy team has more AD or you want to make plays and stall for your team to follow up then go for Zhonya's Hourglass. You can go Cosmic Drive if you prefer to deal a bit more damage and fight tankier targets better. Most of the time you will probably get Zhonya's Hourglass first because it is the safer option and is never a bad buy.
The last item is the Void Staff. This item will make your base damages pop off and once you complete it your damage will be pretty nuts on your fireballs and your ultimate.
If there is a good and free gank available, finish whatever camp you are clearing and go directly over there and gank. It doesn't matter if there is a free scuttle to take, if a gank is free then both you and your laner will become ahead. Don't forget that killing gromp gives you a lot of fury, so if you want to get your ult for an upcoming gank or fight, then do gromp!
One of Shyvana's Strengths is her ability to clear get objectives rather quickly. If it is safe to do so, do rift heralds and place them after an enemy laner has died. A good rift herald is one where the tower is already down by two plates. Towers become tankier the less plates they have available so you usually dont want to place a herald when the tower is at full health. If you take first tower you will be at a massive advantage over anyone else, as the gold it gives if you kill it is equivalent to 2 champion kills.
DARK SEAL IS PRETTY OP RIGHT NOW!!!!
Buying a dark seal early is 100% worth it. You can get up to 65 AP from just a 350 gold item if your dark seal is fully stacked. If your dark seal is decently stacked and you are ahead then you can even buy Magi's to boost your lead even further. Buy this item, as there is never a situation where it isn't good!!!
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