Talk:Shen/@comment-4677525-20120306183747/@comment-4677525-20120308095712

Shyvana is one of those interesting champs that gets exponentially better the more coordinated your team is (aka high-elo tourney play). She has very distinct pros and cons, but her biggest draw is her incredible dueling (on par with Lee Sin), almost unmatched jungle clear speed and extreme amounts of innate tankiness once she hits level 6. This combination of traits allows her to be a peerless counterjungler and a great all-rounder (tank, dps, even carry).

However, despite her rise to fame in tourney play she is still rarely picked or banned in solo queue. This is because she does require a decent team comp (aka teammates with cc to prevent her from being kited) and decent players to respond her otherwise relatively mediocre initiation capabilities due to her lack of cc (her counter jungle is wasted on more mobile champs like Lee Sin or Shaco unless the team is willing to help out). As we all know, you don't always get the most coordinated teammates in solo queue. Tourney play or premades are the only place where you can "guarantee" these results, otherwise she feels lackluster.