Talk:Shyvana/@comment-216.56.6.18-20121018152811/@comment-88.186.19.90-20121018185440

Not really. Honestly and with no trolling intent, this build isn't very good IMO. You are itteraly more useful if you build like a carry (BT, PD, IE, Zerks) than that build. Hell, you are probably more useful if you build AP shyvana with something like WotA, Nashor, Rylai, Lich's Bane. That being said, until you reach 1800 ELO you can build whatever the fuck you want and still win as long as you play correctly ( and obviously if you don't stack armor against a full AP team)'. Feel free to experiment, play what you like and have fun.'

The thing you have to understand is that Shyvana's base damage are good but not godlike. True, if you stay in the fray and land all your spells you deal around 1255 damage/opponent, but since you have no penetration, no CC and no real sustained damage appart from Q, you are going to be largely ignored in teamfights, the enemy team will kill your friends and then finish you off. Building tanky is necessary, but you're not Allistar or Rammus, you don't build full tank with no damage. Once you understand that, feel free to build pretty much anything that doesn't have mana on it.

First of all, you are very suceptible to getting kited, so I would recomment Merc Treads. If there's a lot of AA champs pick ninja tabi.

Second of all, you need some AD or damage alongside your resist and HP. Frozen Mallet, Wit's End, Atma's Impaler are all good, build the one appropriate to who you are facing first and then 2 or all 3 of them. If you need more HP, get a Warmog's. If you are jungling always build a Wriggles as your first item. Items you can be interested after your first 3 are Randuin's Omen, Black Cleaver, Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, Ionic Spark. The all-in resist items Thornmail and FoN are good if you deal enough damage. Sunfire Cape is good, but I personally don't like it because it is redundant with your W. Remember to build according to who you are facing in lane/the entire enemy team. If there are 2 mages, build Wit's End first, if there are 3 bruisers, then maybe Tabi and Randuin's Omen followed by Atma's is a good idea, etc...

A typical Shyvana build looks like this: boots+3pots, Wriggles if you are jungling/Heart of Gold, Phage, Wit's End, Frozen Mallet, Randuin's Omen, 2 situational.