At long last, the Half-Dragon has been updated. The League of Legends community has been waiting for a Shyvana rework for almost a decade, and Riot has flirted with the idea in the past, only for other champions to take priority when her moment seemed near.
Shyvana has always been a strange champion; she's a power farming jungler so reliant on her ultimate ability that enemy junglers can freely invade her in the early game. The current iteration of her kit makes her a glorified stat stick, placing her in the unfortunate position of not being very fun to play against and also not being very fun to play. This is the worst spot for a champion to be in. She currently appears in 1.29% of games, which isn't the worst (Zoe appears in just 0.5% of games) but isn't particularly good either.
Riot first floated the idea of a Shyvana rework in 2021, when the champion design team held their first public vote for what champion should be reworked next. On that occasion, Udyr won with 37.2% of the vote, followed by Shyvana (18%), Skarner (17.3%), Nocturne (15.4%) and Quinn (12.1%).
Oh well, said Shyvana players. She'll win...
