Talk:Shyvana/@comment-7707879-20140116164938/@comment-5209745-20140116181247

For me, both questions can be answered with the same two items: Wit's end and Sunfire cape.

Firstly, let me say that I don't run the common extra-tanky Shyv (I don't even run her top), I like to go with a more aggresive itemization. By any means, I don't want to encourage more aggresive itemizations on Shyv, but since I like to play her that way, I believe I know which is what mostly synergizes with her kit.

BotRK and TF are not actually picked on her because of the AD, that would be a non-sequitur considering that there are items with bigger AD like BT or the fabled (And imo not-so-efficent) Hydra. You pick them because of the AS and the on-hit effects: Shyv has very good base AD to make a perfect use of TF's proc, and Q procs BotRK twice. This actually proves better than stacking AD when regarding her Q.

But what about her W? Well, again "indirect" damage works better here. Sunfire cape used to offer, and still does (Just that now requires some levels) provide the same damage as two BT's when you consider the AD ratio on W, and unlike those two BT's, it doesn't goes off when the ability does.

And then there is her bigger item: Wit's end. Wit's could actually be considered something that she actually scales with, because 3/4 abilities from her kit benefits from it. As with BotRK, Q procs it twice, and it shreds MR in a simmilar fashion as with Void staff, improving W and E damage, only that instead of Void staff, this offers AS instead of AP, proving more efficent regarding her kit.

Any further damage item would be situational, and imo not so much recommended as the four mentioned before, like, going Wriggle's in the jungle or Atma's in lane (Or at least going Wriggle's when it gets unnerfed), a MoM, Merc scim, or Zephyr... Not completely aggresive items.