Talk:Shyvana/@comment-4677525-20120308100402

I posted this opinion of Shyvana in another thread, but I am interested to hear what Shyvana players think about my assessment of her. Any feedback is appreciated as I am curious on learning more about this champ:

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, and in this case it makes the difference between an average champ and an incredibly strong champ.