Talk:Shyvana/@comment-25996958-20131005203659/@comment-24053145-20131015053229

My go-to build for shyvana top is rushing a cutlass for a more powerful level 6 all in. Generally speaking when I ult into my enemy, they will try to run away and outlast my dragon form (I'm not sure I completely understand this reaction, as Shyvana has nothing particularly good in her dragon form for 1v1ing other than slightly higher armor and MR). BotRK is a decent first pickup, or I might just keep the cutlass and go with a sunfire. After a Sunfire, a BotRK and Merc/Tabi, I typically buy a Wit's End to even up the resists and deal even more damage. After that, anything goes, but the absolute best (and among the most expensive) items are a Randuins (If you don't understand the strength of an anti-kite and AoE slow item on Shyvana, combined with an absurd 500 health and 70 armor, I don't feel like explaining it) and TF (Just OP, but I don't think there's any particular synergy with Shyvana's kit.  Still a worthy pickup at any point if you have the gold to spend, or if you just want a phage at some point is fine too).

Items I don't like include Warmogs (Why are you buying this?  Get a Randuins.  It trades half the HP for 70 armor (a fair trade) and a godlike passive and active.  Taking into account the active and armor, you take far less damage from physical attackers with this than a Warmogs) and Atmas (Even at 3000 HP, a very lategame number, it's only offering you 45 AD, 45 Armor, and 15% crit (A mediocre stat on Shyvana).  At 2300, it's somewhat cheap, but honestly Wit's end, BotRK and TF outclass this item so hard it's pathetic, and defensively Randuins and Sunfire are just better).

Obviously against strong AP the build is more like Cutlass -> Wit's end + Spirt Visage (Either order, depending on if I need to be strong or tanky). Warmogs just isn't good anymore, neither is atmas.