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Shyvana ARAM Build 26.21

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Shyvana feeds on the constant grouped fighting of the Abyss, her Burnout scorching every enemy packed onto the bridge at once. She builds fury in the brawl, then Dragon's Descent transforms her and flies straight into the clump with a knockback that scatters their backline. Flame Breath melts the front, and the AoE never stops because the fight never stops.

#41 of 170 champions this patch · 63 games
Win rate54.0%+10.1Games63Pick rate1.9%Last 8 patches+15.4 since 26.14Damage profilei
AP
AD
AP 55%AD 35%True 10%
DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals
ClassicModernARAMCounter
ARAM BalanceDamage taken-5%1 ability change ↓

Shyvana Item Build

Shyvana ramps into a permanent five-on-five, where her Inferno Aegis detonation and Emberstrike splash always clip the maximum number of bodies, so the gold pours into sustained damage over any single spike, through ability power or attack speed. Health anchors it, keeping her parked in the middle where Scalemail takedowns feed her defenses and she has no reason to peel off once Dragon's Descent drops her into the pack.

Standard loadout · Shyvana The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1400g Ruby Crystal×1Health Potion×2Sheen×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Mercury's Treads69% · 60.6%Plated Steelcaps31% · 33.3%

Best Shyvana Runes

Dark Harvest suits how Shyvana snowballs on the bridge, where the nonstop teamfighting keeps Burnout ticking and her fury bar full for the next Dragon's Descent. She has no safe corner to peel back to here, so the page is tuned to keep her charging the clump and building toward that engage. Play for constant pressure into the pile, not one hit.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Domination Primary Dark HarvestDamaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. Sudden Impact54% · 55.9%Grisly Mementos57% · 55.6%Treasure Hunter48% · 50.0% Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Precision Secondary Coup de Grace38% · 58.3%Triumph62% · 56.4%
Stat shards OffenseAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)
Shyvana wants Dusk and Dawn first, then Liandry's Torment, so she can dive the clump and never leave it. Every fight on the Abyss is a full 5v5, and once she pops Dragon's Descent she flies into the middle of the pile with Burnout scorching everyone around her. Build toward the sustained damage that lets her sit on top of the enemy team while Flame Breath melts them.

Shyvana Skill Order

Scalemail is replaced on the Abyss by an innate that stacks 1.5 armor, 1.5 magic resist and Fury regeneration off nearby large minion deaths, so the defenses arrive without a takedown. Emberstrike still takes 4, 5, 7 and 9, Inferno Aegis 8 through 13.

Skill order · Shyvana R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›QQ›WW›EE›Max Q first; W at level 2.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q14579max 9
W28101213max 13
E314151718max 18
R61116max 16
Level Q first for the AoE burn that punishes a team stacked on one choke, then W, then E. Burnout and Flame Breath both wash over the whole clump, so widening them turns every teamfight into constant area damage. Save Dragon's Descent to flip a losing fight, diving the packed enemy group and transforming into her dragon form for the finish.

Shyvana ARAM Abilities

Scalemail makes the growth defensive as much as offensive, banking a stack of bonus resistances off every takedown so she hardens as the game runs long. Inferno Aegis backs that up with a shield and a burst of speed before the ring around her erupts, and it heals in Dragon Form.

Abilities on the Abyss · Shyvanapatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
ScalemailPassivePEmberstrikeMax 1stQInferno AegisMax 2ndWMolten BurstMax lastEDragon's DescentUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
EmberstrikeMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+5 per ranklv 110lv 415lv 520lv 725lv 930Cooldown-1 per ranklv 110slv 49slv 58slv 77slv 96s
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Shyvana: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage taken−5%champion tuningScalemailAlternative Innate: While alive, Shyvana gains 1.5 bonus armor, 1.5 bonus magic resistance, and 0.2 bonus Fury regeneration whenever a large minion dies within 1400 units of her, or when she is healed by a health relic's area of effect on the enemy's side of the map.

Shyvana Base Stats

Base stats · ShyvanaPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD62+4AS0.638+2%MS350Range150HP625+95HP57+0.65Armor35+4MR32+2.05Fury100
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