Riot Games has revealed new details for the new character joining the game shortly in the form of Shyvana, the Half Dragon, coming in League of Legends Patch 26.6!
In Patch 26.6, Shyvana will return to the Rift reforged with a sweeping update as a result of overwhelming player feedback following community polls about updates for older champions. The update includes changes to her in-game abilities and playstyle, her artwork and in-game model, and her lore within the world of Runeterra. Through these updates, League of Legends aims to modernize beloved champions while honoring their core identities and designs.
“Fire and blood run through my veins.”
Shyvana is a fearsome half-dragon warrior. Though she often appears humanoid, she also rules the skies as a dragon, incinerating her foes with fiery breath. Having saved the life of the crown prince Jarvan IV, Shyvana now serves uneasily in his royal guard, struggling to find acceptance among the suspicious people of Demacia.
ABILITIES:
Passive – Scalemail – Takedowns on enemy champions, large minions, and large monsters grant Shyvana Scalemail stacks, improving her defenses.
Q – Emberstrike – Shyvana’s next attack strikes both the target and the surrounding area. This Ability can be recast. While in Dragon Form, it gains an additional recast, dealing massive damage to a single target.
W – Inferno Aegis – Shyvana gains a shield, movement speed, and after a short delay, the area around her detonates. While in Dragon Form, the explosion will heal her if it strikes an enemy champion or monster.
E – Molten Burst – Shyvana launches a fireball that explodes upon striking a large target and slows them. In Dragon Form, it passes through and explodes upon striking large enemies, leaving behind a trail of fire.
R – Dragon’s Descent – Shyvana transforms into a Dragon and leaps forward, fearing enemies along her path. While in Dragon form, she becomes larger and her basic abilities are empowered.
Dev Update Shyvana Notes
- Shyvana’supdate is coming out next patch and we wanted to share a bit about how we approached her update.
- Whenwe announce a champion update, it can be both a super exciting moment for mains, and something that causes a little
Sometimes weʼve taken bigger swings that didnʼt really resonate with champ mains.
- And when we started on Shyvana we really wanted it to hit with those of you who love her, so throughout the process we brought a wide variety of her mains out to our office in LA to give us feedback on her gameplay, her art, and everything in between.
- ShyvanaʼsQ was something that her mains really wanted to
Before her update, itʼs one of her main ways to stack Fury, and its double hit is a great way to clear wards quickly.
- In her updated design, it will still provide an attack reset, and it now has recasts that quicken when attacking so she can still clear wards and apply on hit effects with ease.
- Additionally,it applies AoE damage for healthy clears, which is another part of her kit that we wanted to carry over based on feedback from her
- Anotherarea that we wanted to not only carry over, but improve based on the feedback we got from everyone who came in, was her
- Duringthe playtest, we had her passive grant bonus Armor and Magic Resist based on the number of large minions and monsters Shyvana kills, rather than just dragons.
- This was something that everyone liked, but they wanted to see it applied to more parts of her kit, so it now also amps her W shield and grants more health in dragon form.
- Beyondspecifics of her gameplay, though, something we heard from a lot
of her mains, fan artists, and other creators, is that they really wanted her to feel like an epic dragon.
- Andso did
- Shyvanaʼsdragon-form will actually be a dragon now! And when she
attacks in dragon-form, not only will her abilities change, but she will use her wings, claws, and fangs to fight her enemies.
- And,finally, Shyvanaʼs dragon-form and her dragon-form abilitiesʼ size now increase with the rank of her
- Westill want Shyvana to find success whether building as an AD or AP That said, we know a few of you really loved to play magic artillery mage Shyvana, so we made sure to keep that playstyle intact, just not as her most optimal build path.
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