Shyvana·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Shyvana Top build, you should take Teleport and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Ravenous Hydra as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Trinity Force. For your last 3 items, you should build Hullbreaker, Spear of Shojin and finish with Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 48.6% winrate over 181 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Shyvana Top build would be to take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Absorb Life, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Overgrowth with Second Wind in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Spear of Shojin, which you should build first, followed by Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Titanic Hydra, Rabadon's Deathcap and Nashor's Tooth. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 43.8% win rate over 64 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Overgrowth with Second Wind in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Spear of Shojin as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra and Sterak's Gage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 58.9% win rate across 56 matches played.

Situational Shyvana Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Shyvana build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.