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I was initially going to post a lengthy essay about my opinion on Shyvana after 100+ games in emerald. Unfortunately Reddit app crashed, so my initial essay is lost. Ill keep it short instead.

Shyvana is strong but Emerald teammates refuse to play around it. No reason to play Shyvana when high agency champions exist. There are champions that take better advantage of emerald player's poor macro/decision making. I replaced Shyvana with Nunu and its not surprising Nunu is better in Emerald. Nunu W > Shyvana kit.

The last Shyvana game I played made me drop this champ for good. Watch it if u want.

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Notice Syndra/Ezreal poor macro after I solo win teamfight near baron that was supposed to result in a free baron. Their poor macro made the game drag longer, resulting in me falling off. This happens too often and is caused by LOW AGENCY in a VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT.

My most important point is: Compared to Shyvana, Nunu is one champion that is superior in emerald because of the crazy amount of pointless fights that occur. Do you want 10 second Nunu W or do you want 80 second Shyvana ult in that environment?

When do you guys pick Shyvana? When do you avoid picking her?

Old Shyvana would be broken by many peoples standards if she got her hands on the new items (that are currently in pbe).

The more I think about it, the more I understand why riot had to change Shyvana. Old Q might have been too toxic for the game, and was probably preventing Statikk Shiv from becoming a real item.

Old shyv was already strong with titanic.

I should have mentioned DnD more. The one thats on PBE heals. Will be great for new shyv and would have been great for old shyv.

Just tested statikk on PBE. Gives 15 energized stacks per auto. Movement gives energized stacks so imagine with old W. Lastly, old Q would have generated energized stacks quickly. BOOM. Exists only in my dreams.

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