Shyvana · Jungle

Shyvana Abilities and Combos

Abilities & combosData-drivenMediumPatch 16.19.1

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Overview

This guide goes through Shyvana's kit ability by ability. The kit brings mobility with Dragon's Descent and sustain with Inferno Aegis. Its ultimate is Dragon's Descent.

Strengths

High physical damage: Riot rates it 8/10 in attack.
Mobility: Dragon's Descent lets you reposition, engage or escape.
Sustain from Inferno Aegis.

Weaknesses

Falls behind if the early ganks fail: every wasted trip is lost farm.
Predictable if you always play it the same way: adapt your build to the enemy team.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Standard buildBalancedRecommendedThe default path: Black Cleaver, Trinity Force and Spear of Shojin give the health, attack damage and on-hit effects this class relies on. Pick it when you have no reason to adapt. Built from Riot's item tags and the champion's class; Riot publishes no build statistics.

Builds

Standard build

BalancedRecommended

Open build

When to use it

The default path: Black Cleaver, Trinity Force and Spear of Shojin give the health, attack damage and on-hit effects this class relies on. Pick it when you have no reason to adapt. Built from Riot's item tags and the champion's class; Riot publishes no build statistics.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right

JungleMain100% of matches

Jungle priorities

StartRed buff

1Voidgrubs
2Gank top
3Rift Herald
4Scuttle Crab
5Dragons
6Baron Nashor
7Atakhan

Guideline, not a measurement: an early skirmisher starting red side. Take the void grubs and look for ganks while your early damage is ahead, then Herald and dragons.

Starting items

Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Core items

1Black Cleaver
2Trinity Force
3Spear of Shojin

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Situational

Death's DanceAgainst heavy physical damage.Mercurial ScimitarAgainst heavy magic damage.Guardian AngelAgainst burst and assassins.Chempunk ChainswordCuts the enemy's healing.Lord Dominik's RegardsAgainst tanky teams.

Runes

Primary· Precision

Secondary· Resolve

Shards

Summoner spells

Flash
Smite

Abilities

ScalemailPassiveTakedowns on enemy champions, large minions, and large monsters grant Shyvana Scalemail stacks, improving her defenses.Passive. It works on its own: play around it.
QEmberstrike10/9/8/7/6sShyvana's next attack strikes both the target and the surrounding area. This Ability can be recast. While in Dragon Form, it gains an additional recast, dealing massive damage to a single target.
Cooldown
10·9·8·7·6
Range
25000
Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
WInferno Aegis13/12.25/11.5/10.75/10sShyvana gains a shield, movement speed, and after a short delay, the area around her detonates. While in Dragon Form, the explosion will heal her if it strikes an enemy champion.
Cooldown
13·12.25·11.5·10.75·10
Range
350
Basic ability — heals and shields. Time it for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
EMolten Burst12/11/10/9/8sShyvana launches a fireball that explodes upon striking a large target and slows them. In Dragon Form, it passes through and explodes upon striking large enemies, leaving behind a trail of fire.
Cooldown
12·11·10·9·8
Range
800
Basic ability — slows. Part of your regular rotation.
RDragon's DescentUltimateShyvana transforms into a Dragon and leaps forward causing enemies along her path to flee. While in Dragon form she becomes larger and her basic abilities are empowered.
Range
1050
Ultimate — moves you. Keep it to escape unless the kill is certain.

Strategy

1The kit

The kit brings mobility with Dragon's Descent and sustain with Inferno Aegis.

Scalemail — Passive. It works on its own: play around it.
[Q] Emberstrike — Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
[W] Inferno Aegis — Basic ability — heals and shields. Time it for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
[E] Molten Burst — Basic ability — slows. Part of your regular rotation.
[R] Dragon's Descent — Ultimate — moves you. Keep it to escape unless the kill is certain.

2Skill order

Put a point in Dragon's Descent at levels 6, 11 and 16. Between the basic abilities, max first the one that does most for your lane — usually your main damage or wave clear — and keep the utility one for last.

3Combos

Without hard crowd control in the kit, your damage depends on positioning: land your abilities when the enemy is committed to something else.

4Using your ultimate

Dragon's Descent is the ability the enemy plays around. Use it where it changes the fight, and remember its cooldown: after using it, you're a smaller threat for a while.

Tips

Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Keep Dragon's Descent out of your combo unless the kill is certain.