Talk:Shyvana/@comment-109.121.33.117-20121122230051/@comment-5.83.71.124-20121122235502

Nothing with Youmuu will ever be good. I'm not an expert with Shyv, but I can tell you, either get a Brutalizer for early, or a Last whisper when the enemy com begins to get too much armor. I would suggest getting The black cleaver, as it gives everything that Shyvana wants, but it's gonna get reworked into a shittier item, so I would not get used to it if I were you. Upgrading the Brutalizer into Youmuu is just a plain waste of money, and this game is all about Tenacity and money management. Just think about it: You're paying extra 1350 gold for just +5 AD, +5 ArPen, and +5% CDR. Ok, you can use the crit but that's the only good thing about upgrading it, the active is the biggest shitbag in the whole game. It's just not worth enough. Plus your build lacks of sustain.

You're not taking Bladed armor for a laner, right? If this is for jungling, take away the ArPen marks and get ASPD ones. These synergize too well with your passive, like many junglers more AA = bigger success. For quints, either get AD for last hitting, lifesteal for sustain (This may be an issue in the incoming season), or MS if you feel that your ganks are not good enough.

Anyway, 1/26/3 is not a good mastery combination. You can get rid of Indomitable and Evasion (As they're the shittiest masteries in the Defensive tree) and get something far more useful in the other mastery trees, like Runic affinity in Utility or Weapon expertise in Offense. Oh, and if you're going to jungle, Smite gets improved by Summoner's resolve, not by Summoner's wrath. If you're not going to jungle, just get rid of Tough skin and Bladed armor. Try to make them fit into X/21/X, although I wouldn't go for a 21 in Defensive masteries for a laning Shyv.