Talk:Shyvana/@comment-24324564-20150524165343/@comment-7490153-20150524182428

Smite/TP works only on specific champions, Shyvana being one of them. Honestly, it takes a good amount of experience to not need flash by replacing it with smite. Even without smite, Shyvana is a strong top laner. Take it from a Top and Shyv main, TP flash is the way to go for the most part, but experimenting with Smite/TP isn't bad either.

Using Smite/TP is up to your situational discretion. If the enemy jungler is one you could counter jungle easily and if smiting the enemy top would allow you to win all in trades, then you might want to consider it. Otherwise, play TP/Flash, because that significantly increases Shyv's already strong gap close.