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Playing Against Shyvana
JunglePatch 16.2.1
What They Do
Shyvana is a power-farming jungle carry who relies on high clear speed and dragon control via . She is a weak ganker before level 6, but becomes a massive threat once she can use to dive or poke with enhanced abilities. Her damage is split between magic and physical, making her hard to itemize against.
Abilities (What to Watch For)
| Ability | What You'll See | What It Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| Armor/MR icons in her buff bar and extra damage numbers against dragons | She scales based on elemental dragons. Every dragon her team kills grants her permanent resists via . Contest every drake to keep her squishy | |
| Double-swipe animation with a metallic sound | An auto-attack reset that hits twice. In Dragon Form, this cleaves. It reduces its own cooldown when she autos, so don't let her sit and hit you | |
| A circle of fire surrounding her and a significant movement speed boost | Gives her high mobility and consistent AoE damage. Her basic attacks extend the duration, so she will try to stay on top of you to keep the fire burning | |
| A fireball projectile (Human) or a massive ground explosion (Dragon) | Marks you. Her autos on marked targets deal % Max HP damage. In Dragon Form, deals massive burst and leaves a damaging zone on the ground. Dodge this at all costs | |
| She transforms into a large dragon and leaps forward | Her only gap close and CC. It knocks back enemies in her path. She can only use when her Fury bar is at 100. No Fury = no ultimate |
Respect
- !Dragon Form Poke→If she builds AP, one Dragon Form can chunk squishies for 70% of their health. The explosion radius is much larger than it looks
- !Early Dragon Takes→She can solo Dragon as early as level 4 or 5 because of the bonus damage from . If you don't ward it, she gets free permanent stats
- !Level 6 Power Spike→Before , she has zero ways to get on top of you. Once she hits 6, she can jump over walls and dive you under turret
- !On-hit Shred→If you are marked by , her will instantly proc the % Max HP damage twice. She can melt tanks if she stays in melee range
Punish
- +Pre-6 Gank Pressure→She cannot reliably gank without . Use this time to aggressively gank lanes and set her teammates behind while she is just hitting monsters
- +Low Fury Bar→Check her resource bar. If it is not at 100, she cannot use . This is the safest time to invade her or force a teamfight
- +Missed fireball→Most of her damage (both AP burst and AD on-hit) requires the mark from . If she misses the projectile, she loses her kill pressure for several seconds
- +Early Invades→Champions like Warwick, Lee Sin, or Xin Zhao can duel her early. If you catch her while is on cooldown, she has no escape
Laning Tips
- •Ward the Dragon pit at 5 minutes. Most Shyvana players will try to sneak it the moment it spawns to stack
- •If you see the flame mark from on your character, back away immediately so she can't proc the % HP damage
- •In Dragon Form, the ground scorched by deals high damage over time; don't stand in the fire to finish a trade
- •She has no crowd control. If you have a slow or a dash, save it for when she uses to keep her from sticking to you
- •Pick a jungler who can gank early. Shyvana wants a 'handshake' farm game; don't give it to her
- •If she builds AP, buy Magic Resist early. Her entire kit becomes reliant on landing the Dragon Form fireball
Teamfight Warning
- ⚠Do not group up in tight chokepoints. A single Dragon Form can hit your entire team for massive AoE damage
- ⚠Save your displacement CC (knockbacks/flings) for her flight to cancel her engage or push her away from your carries
- ⚠Kite her out when she is in Dragon Form. The transformation is temporary; if you disengage, she wastes her Fury and becomes much weaker
- ⚠Focus her down if she builds AP. AP Shyvana is very squishy and relies on the HP bonus from to survive
- ⚠Be careful following her into the jungle; her gives her enough move speed to bait you into her team
AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached