Original League of Legends (LoL) Thread

Shyvana Patch Inbound @ 1:00 AM PDT 11/1/11

Hear hear, summoners!

In the past two weeks, Valoran witnessed several stupendous events, including the Harrowing and the second birthday of the League of Legend’s! But the fun doesn’t end there, as a new champion is approaching the Fields of Justice.

On November 1st at 01:00 Pacific Time (See below for other timezones), Shyvana, the Half Dragon, will begin her flight to the League of Legends. We estimate that her travel time will be approximately 6 hours.

This aggressive melee fighter will be available in the League of Legends store following a full report of platform stability. Stay tuned to this thread for updates!

And while you’re waiting, take a moment to peruse the following:

* League Judgment: Shyvana, the Half Dragon
* Champion Spotlight – Shyvana, the Half Dragon
* Shyvana Patch Notes
* Shyvana, the Half-Dragon Revealed
* Shyvana Patch Preview
* Shyvana Mechanics Preview
* Champion Sneak Peek – Shyvana, the Half Dragon


We will be doing a hard shutdown which means all games will end at 01:00am Pacific. Rank queues will be disabled at 11:30pm Pacific for this same reason.

Downtime by Time Zones (Rank Queues | Platform)

* Pacific: 11:30PM | 1AM – 7AM
* Mountain: 12:30AM | 2AM – 8AM
* Central: 01:30AM | 3AM – 9AM
* Eastern: 02:30 | 4AM – 10AM
* Atlantic: 03:30 | 5AM - 11AM

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Shyvana's abilities (in detail). Original Thread here

Abilities:

* Twin Bite
o Shyvana strikes twice on her next attack. Both attacks trigger On-Hit effects and Fury of the Dragonborn effects.
o Dragon Form: Twin Bite cleaves all units in front of Shyvana.
* Burnout
o Shyvana deals magic damage per second to nearby enemies and her Movement Speed is greatly increased for 3 seconds. Shyvana's Movement Speed bonus is reduced over time.
o Dragon Form: Burnout scorches the earth, continuing to damage enemies that stand on it.
* Flame Breath
o Shyvana unleashes a fireball that deals magic damage and melts the target's Armor for 4 seconds.
o Dragon Form: Flame Breath engulfs all units in a cone in front of Shyvana.
* Dragon's Descent (Ultimate)
o Active: Shyvana transforms into a dragon and takes flight to a target location. Enemies along her path take magic damage and are knocked toward her target location.
o Passive: Shyvana reinforces her scales, increasing her Armor and Magic Resist. Defensive bonuses are doubled in Dragon Form.
* Fury of the Dragonborn (Passive)
o Shyvana's melee attacks enhance her abilities.
+ Twin Bite - Reduces the cooldown by 0.5 seconds.
+ Burnout - Extends the duration by 1 second to a maximum of 6 seconds.
+ Flame Breath - Deals 20% of the ability's damage to debuffed targets.
+ Dragon's Descent - Attacks generate 2 Fury* and Shyvana passively gains Fury* over time while in human form.

Looks like she will be using the existing Fury system as a resource

Analysis of her skills:

- Q could Proc with TriForce, possibly?
- Q (Dragon form) W (Dragon form), E (Dragon form), and R (Dragon form) are AoE skills
- Has a brief MS speed buff; that burst of MS could be used to chase enemies.
- Her E (normal form) is a single-target debuff
- Her ultimate looks to be an AoE knockup skill. Not to mention, the passive effect of the ultimate gives her some free defensive stats
- Her passive gives Shyvana enhanced capabilities to each of her abilities when she autoattacks
- Shyvana's ultimate has similar mechanics like Nidalee's Aspects of the Cougar because her ultimate is used to change states (from normal to Dragon and vice versa, in Shyvana's case). But since the full details of her ultimate are not out yet, I'll leave this to be and not make any baseless assumptions after this point.

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Shyvana's Lore:

There are those few dragons in Runeterra who have mastered the intense magical energies that course through their unique anatomies, evolving into an elusive Celestial Dragon. These powerful and enigmatic creatures spend most of their time hidden away from the lands of men. However, there are those who find themselves drawn to civilization and who take on human forms to immerse themselves in the world of humans. Occasionally, one finds itself drawn to the spirit of a human and they have relations. Sometimes, in the slimmest of odds, the union will bear fruit and that offspring will be one of the few half-dragons to have graced Runeterra. Shyvana is one such creature, born to a simple Demacian farm-girl and her Celestial Dragon father. Left to be raised by her mother, her oddities were something that couldn't be hidden from her community, though she was protected by her family. Once her family had perished in disaster, she was left alone for the first time – truly alone. Shyvana quickly became an outsider and it wasn't long before the community's fear began to put her in danger. Facing mortal danger at the business end of an angry mob, she was rescued by the traveling noble, Jarvan Lightshield. The noble was a man who strangely knew exactly what she was and took her under his wing. It wasn't long before she was offered a chance to use her natural skills in the service of Demacia, as Jarvan initiated her as one of the elite guard. Following Jarvan into the League of Legends was only natural.

Shyvana is a fierce warrior, with the blood of one of the most powerful magical predators in all creation flowing through her veins. Unlike some of her fellows, she is a subdued personality – somber, cool, and collected. However, when the moment strikes, her draconian heritage manifests and there are few that can stare her in the eyes and not feel the primal urge to flee.

“By the blood of my father, I will end you!”

Inb4 someone points out Shyvana's origins.....if you know what I mean