It looks like Shyvana’s Rework has come out of the oven a little hot, as Riot Games pushes out an emergency nerf. With a 57% win rate on the first day, Shyvana has been hit with a nerf bat.
Shyvana Rework Nerf
Riot August, a Lead Designer on League of Legends, gave some reasons for the nerf.
“Shyvana’s rework came out strong (57% winrate). We expect her to only get stronger as players optimize so we put together a micro patch nerf. It should be live now.”
Shyvana
See Highest Win Rate Shyvana BuildsPassive – Fury of the Dragonborn
- Armor per Stack: 0.4 >>> 0.3
- MR per Stack: 0.4 >>> 0.3
Q – Twin Bite
- On-Hit Cooldown Reduction: 1.25 >>> 1
- Passive Max Health Damage: 1% + 1.7% per 100 bonus AD + 1.3% per 100 AP >>> 1% + 1.1% per 100 bonus AD + 1.1% per 100 AP
W – Burnout
- RW – Heal: 100-250 + 10% bonus AD + 5% AP doubled based on missing health >>> 75-200 + 10% bonus AD + 5% AP doubled based on missing health
E – Flame Breath
- Damage: 80 + 40 per rank + 50% bonus AD + 70% AP >>> 80 + 30 per rank + 35% bonus AD + 70% AP
- Slow Efficacy: 30% + 5% per rank >>> 20% + 5% per rank
R – Dragon’s Descent
- Fear Duration: 1 >>> 0.75
Shyvana has come in pretty hot on our Tier List. And even with this early data, it makes sense that Riot is looking to tone down the levels of Shyvana post-rework.
These nerfs are very big, but the sort of nerfs you expected after thousands of matches of data. We personally came up against Shyvana a few times, and the results were mixed. Often, early release champions/reworks can be caught up in a mix of being overpowered and simply not being understood.
Shyvana feels like a mix of the two, but this nerf does feel big. We expect to see a few buffs in a later patch.