[2.4] Shyvana Guide - Drag-on into victory.
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Shyvana Build
Best Build Guide for Shyvana
Item Build Description
Additional information on the items
AP Shyvana is a build around AP ratio on Shyvana (for short, i gonna call her Anna instead of Shyvana). Be aware of how squishy Anna is when taking AP route.
Nashor's Tooth
is a good 1st core item for Anna thanks to the attack speed stats and also giving her 15% magic damage on every attack is valuable. you can replace it with
Blade of the Ruined King
if you need lifesteal instead of added magic damage.
Anna also need more movement speed, so your choices of enchantment are
Glorious Enchant
or
Protobelt Enchant
Rabadon's Deathcap
is the item that boost Anna magic damage with 40% AP boost. you have to rush it.
Situational Items
Blade of the Ruined King | Already explained above |
Liandry's Torment | a item that will give you tankiness that you may need for AP Anna and you facing a lot of tank champ like Darius Nasus or Braum . replace the Gunblade if you want to use this. buy this after Rabadon's Deathcap |
Morellonomicon | Buy this item if there's a lot of healing champ like Soraka Nasus Darius or Master Yi however Grievous Wound is suck for AP champ, so i prefer to not buy this item unless my team, somehow, someway, don't have Mortal Reminder at all. |
Shyvana Runes
Best Runes for Shyvana
Alternate Selection :
Brutal can be replaced with Hunter Vampirism
Hunter Titan can be replaced with Spirit Walker if you don't see any gank potential in early game and there is a lot of slow cc in the opposition side.
DO NOT REPLACE MASTERMIND, IT WILL HELP YOU TAKING DRAKES FAST!
Skill Order
How to distribute skill points
Summoner Spells
When to take which summoners
Combos
Learn how to maximize the champions potential
All-in Anna combo.
Need to position yourself to knock back them? Burn your flash and pop! Then do the all in combo. If you have [Locket Enchant] you may use it after ult.
Shyvana Matchups & Counters
Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters
Mundo vs Anna is a deathwish for Anna later in the game because he is the anti magic champion (if any chance Kassadin coming to Wild Rift, then he is the real anti magic champion). However before he's able to get into that stage, Anna will rip him apart. and her Flame Breath isn't a joke for tank champ, especially if she get infernal drake.
Pros and cons
PROS | CONS |
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The best in cleaning the jungle, the 2nd is Olaf , and the 3rd is Evelynn | Need time to gank, because she need level 5 to gank. |
AP Build offers burst capability, and also able to one-shot squishes champ like Lux or Miss Fortune | AP build sometime will be a bad build because your team doesn't have / lack any tank. |
There are not so much item that able to counter AP build. | AP build depends on Flame Breath and sometime Anna misses the skill shot. it will be even worse if the opponent has great Yasuo mastery 7 shit stain who always block your projectile. |
Anna is even deadlier if able to take drake, especially the Mountain and Infernal. | No drake? no buff for Anna. |
Very quick to take objectives especially drake, which is quite lacking in jungle champ. | No escape mechanism if Anna already use her Dragon's Descent |
Anna's BFF
Who is it? | Why? |
---|---|
Orianna | Command: Shockwave is one of the reason Orianna is broken, and also the best control skill in the game, if she able to grab 3 or 2 champs in that ult, Anna will clean them up fast, with out have to do much. |
Nami & Braum |
Tidal Wave
is also good opener skill for team fight and if Anna is behind the opponent team, then she able to bring them into awaiting death. This is the same with Braum 's Glacial Fissure |
Seraphine | Beat Drop will help Anna to land her Flame Breath skill shot into her opponent, and also Encore also giving an opportunity to Shyvana to drag the opponent to awaiting death. |
Early - Mid
As stated before, Shyvana is the fastest in cleaning jungle. however you need to get level 5 for ganking, you can check what is level 5 path in my guide for jungler. however, for Anna (and Eve) , you can start it from Wolves / Raptors thanks to fast cleaning.
Getting level 5 now? good. it is time to make your decision. if any lane have give you hint to gank, use your "on my way" ping to the lane that you want to gank and spam it. so your team mate that will receive your gank understand you will go to that lane. however, if you don't see any, go reset by recall and buy your item and start using trinkets for scanning the dragon area. remember, you need drakes for buff.
Now look into your bot lane (or dragon lane, i'm used to watch pro scene in League's PC so i gonna use PC terms here) and mid lane, do they pushed into their turrets? good. they have to deal with it, and you can take drake for your team. do not take it alone, take it with your team (please, ping the drake) unless the opposition jungler is the opposite (no pun intended) of you. remember, they cannot take drake faster than you.
Everytime you able to takedown your opponent champ, always chat "GJ!" or "WP!" to encourage them to do best. don't flame them, unless your ADC is not buying boots 2nd item. (some people rush items, and forget to buy boots. League always demands you to buy boots after your first item!)
Mid - Late Game
Now Anna will be scary to your opponent to face with, especially the drake buff she already taken with (if it is Infernal and Mountain buff just surrender already).
However Anna is still squishy in mid-late game, but the power of deleting someone here is strong, in this time, try to think as a assassin / slayer. you need to bid your time when to release the dragon power to delete your opponent with your Flame Breath and Twin Bite combo. if needed, try to take Baron and also Elder Dragon. and then finish the game.