Talk:Shyvana/@comment-174.114.33.129-20111208003657

Shyvana is one of my new favourites. I play her as a jungler however as she is not very strong in lane due to no CC, reliance on melee, little counter-harassment ability, etc. For me, jungle is the only way to go with her on Summoner's Rift.

In the jungle she is immensely powerful. You cover up her early game weaknesses and put her in a stronger position. She deals great single target and area damage due to her skills, maybe clearing creeps a breeze (Similar to self-steroids junglers who excel over other junglers).

In addition she's a poweful counter jungler too. Fast movement speed and fast creep clearing speed, yet still can present a threat to an opposing jungler in a duel.

Really, her only con in the jungle is that you can't really gank until level 6. I cover this weakness up by taking Awareness masteries (I do a split between Offensive and Utility, although some prefer 21+ in offence). Utiltiy tree in general is just very useful now so I don't mind the loss of points in Offence.

Once she hits level 6 (Faster XP gain is also good for getting the edge over opposing team), she's a decent ganker. Just appears out of nowhere and is already on top of the enemy. Combine her immense damage output with a teammate and it's great.

Later on she's just a ridiculous farming machine which makes it easier to get items which makes it easier to become crazy strong.