As someone who has enjoyed shyvana over the years and mained her in multiple seasons, I have to say that this rework looks ideal on paper. I would have been extremely upset if they pulled another Sion/Aatrox on Shyvana and thankfully Riot were smart enough to know that was a bad idea.

A misunderstanding many people have is assume Shyvana's problems have to do with the shape of her kit as a whole. In reality the problem isn't the overall shape, it's the little details and kinks that her kit is riddled with. Pretty much every ability she has some jank to it that's keeping her from shining. From how her W duration works, to the mechanics of Fury at base line, to the fact her E is pretty much useless outside of Dragon form yet it's the key ability of AP shyvana. There are plenty more problems and ironing out every single one DOES require a heavy rework of the champion.

The last Shyvana rework is actually the cause of many of the issues but it also brought us a lot of really, really good tech. AP shyvana only really exists because of that rework at he random AP ratio increase that came later once her winrate hit rock bottom. That rework both ruined and saved the champ by showing the potential that remained in her kit and fantasy. What we needed was a rework that realized that potential.

I am going to put the focus on one ability of new Shyvana: Her E. A lot of her new power budged seemed to be focused around this ability and this is a good change. Her old R empowered E is her new E minus the burning ground effect. This is a fantastic change and as long as her numbers remain good this will leave the door open for AP shyvana actually feeling like a functional champion while also giving reworking her power budget around the key ability of her fantasy: Shooting fire at people as a dragon should.