Talk:Shyvana/@comment-24049414-20140107084440/@comment-1330314-20140114184021

Shyvana's a farming jungler: the reason she does really well in the current jungle is because her clear times are amazing and she can go through the entire jungle at little cost to her health. She's very dependent on the blue buff pre-6, but her mobility and decent burst (particularly against tanky enemies) still allow her to gank somewhat. She's not weak by any means early game, but she's an utter beast mid to late game thanks to her hybrid percent-health damage.

A lot of people consider Shyv to be OP because they build pure armor to try and counter her, and then get surprised when she chunks them with the magic damage on her W + E. Similarly, a lot of people play Shyvana top and go ham at the worst times, expecting her to automatically wreck. Shyvana top is good against tanky champions, who are the commonest top picks right now, but if you run her against a melee carry like or  you're going to run into trouble.