LoL Classic - Shyvana Top Build

Changes for Classic

• Dragon's Descent (R) has a different passive and properties
• Passive, Q, W, E are completely different, including Dragon Form abilities. Read the ability descriptions

How to Play

Shyvana Top is a unique champion in League of Legends Classic. She is a skirmish-heavy Top Laner who wants to fight with the enemy as often as they can. You should look to keep the wave closer to your side of the map, as this gives you some extra protection early. She is weak for the first few levels, so she does need some levels and items to really carry.

After level 6, you should play aggressively and use your Ultimate. Get the enemy to overextend and then chase them down the lane. If you’re behind in lane, then just focus on farming and getting XP and avoid fighting. Outside the laning phase, focus on split pushing, applying pressure around the map, and taking towers/getting kills.

Runes Explained

For Shyvana's Runes, you should take AD Marks, as this is going to help Shyvana while trading with the enemy laner. The extra AD will help her last-hit minions and get kills as well. As there are many AD Top Laners in LoL Classic, you must take Armor Seals to give you extra protection in lane. It will also help when you cast your Ultimate and go in during a fight with the enemy. In the mid-game, you will be moving around the map, and you will face some AP champions, so taking Magic Resistance Glyphs is crucial to help protect you from incoming AP damage.

For Quints, you should take AD or Attack Speed depending on what you prefer, but AD, in our opinion, is better for Top lane Shyvana.

Masteries Explained

We will be building AD items on Shyvana so we will need to get ahead. We can do that by taking 21 points in the Offense tree, in particular focusing on masteries that give us extra AD and increase our kill threat. 

The final 9 points would be put in the Defense tree, as it will increase our survivability throughout all stages of the game. As Shyvana can be quite squishy and vulnerable, it just increases our chances of staying alive and dominating the lane.