Talk:VPBE/@comment-28256409-20160511064609/@comment-1330314-20160511110640

I've seen toplane Shyvanas max E first in lanes where poking is their only real option, and occasionally buy an for the MR and aura, which syncs well with her magic damage, but beyond that I've never seen a Shyv deliberately itemize for AP. Stacking ability power early on may help your poke, but plays no part in the rest of your damage, so if you were to do so (prior to the above buffs, at least) you'd suffer horribly in trades and fall off just as badly.