Shyvana ARAM Mayhem Build

The Half-Dragon. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #16 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21FighterTankNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 53.6%
Pick rate: 3.9%
Rank: #16 of 173
Games: 898,318
Patch: 26.21

How to play Shyvana in ARAM Mayhem

Shyvana is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #16 of 173 champions, with a 53.6% win rate over 898,318 games.

Shyvana's damage is mixed (31% physical, 60% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It soaks 52,212 damage per game and mitigates another 75,327, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn and Riftmaker, with a 54.0% win rate over 293,153 games. On this build 50% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Shyvana are Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass and Infinite Recursion. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by health and resistances. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Spin Me Right Round and Poltergeist when you can: they do worst on Shyvana. A pair to look for: Armored Impact with The Boom and the Bass.

Take Flash and Mark (91% of players). Max Q (Emberstrike) first, then W, then E.

Shyvana ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Shyvana game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

54.0% win rate · 39% of Shyvana games · 293,153 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Dusk and Dawn
Riftmaker

Boots on the AP build for Shyvana, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	9%
Mercury's Treads	27%
No boots	50%

Situational, after the core

Overlord's Bloodmail6% buy it
Death's Dance19% buy it
Liandry's Torment26% buy it
Spirit Visage5% buy it
Unending Despair4% buy it
Spear of Shojin5% buy it

Other build paths

Other Shyvana build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, Unending Despair		23.3%	54.0%
BruiserDusk and Dawn, Riftmaker, Death's Dance		7.5%	54.0%

Games: the share of all Shyvana games that went this way.

Most bought items

Dusk and Dawn51% of games
Heartsteel46% of games
Riftmaker38% of games
Liandry's Torment37% of games
Shadowflame31% of games
Mercury's Treads22% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap20% of games
Warmog's Armor17% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean15% of games
Death's Dance15% of games

Best augments for Shyvana

Every card with enough Shyvana games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Shyvana's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Escape PlanTier A
2Heavy HitterTier A
3FruitifyTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Shyvana

8 S tier and 35 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Shyvana in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier S	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Overloaded	Prismatic	Tier A	Using another Ability resets the cooldown of selected ability.
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier A	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
Stuck In Here With Me	Prismatic	Tier A	After using your Ultimate, gain 50% damage reduction for 2 seconds, after which you Taunt enemies inside for 2 seconds. Gain 30 Ultimate…
Flow of Spirit	Silver	Tier A	Casting selected ability grants you 60–120 (by level) % Attack Speed for 4 seconds.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier A	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Lich Brain	Silver	Tier A	Gain (30+4% Bonus Health) Ability Power.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Infernal Conduit	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Abilities apply an infinitely stacking Burn, dealing (2–20 (by level) +1.2% Ability Power +2.8% Bonus Attack Damage) magic damage per…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Third Times the Harm	Prismatic	Tier A	–
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier A	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
Pursuit of Haste	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Gain permanent 80 Ability Haste on your selected ability. QUEST: Hit…
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…

Average on Shyvana
59 cards, best first

Below average on Shyvana
39 cards, best first

Weakest on Shyvana
14 cards, best first

Best first augment for Shyvana

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Shyvana's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass and Infinite Recursion come out on top.

The best augments for Shyvana in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Sap MagicTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S
3	Infinite RecursionTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Mad ScientistTier A
4	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	EurekaTier S	Sap MagicTier A
5	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Ultimate AwakeningTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Shyvana, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark91% of players · 53.7% win rate
Flash + Ghost7% of players · 53.3% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 53.7% win rate

Skill order

QEmberstrike
WInferno Aegis
EMolten Burst

Max Q first. 32% of players use this order (56.0% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Shyvana in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 10.8 / 10.8 / 24.6
KDA: 3.63
Damage to champions: 45,129
Damage taken: 52,212
Self-mitigated: 75,327
Healing on allies: 9
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 15 s
Kill participation: 65%
Game length: 16:39

Damage type

Physical 31%Magic 60%True 9%

Questions and answers

What is the best Shyvana build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Shyvana: Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn and Riftmaker. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Shyvana in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Shyvana, best first: Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass, Infinite Recursion, Take'em Down Down Down and Mad Scientist. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Shyvana good in ARAM Mayhem?

Shyvana is tier A on patch 26.21, #16 of 173 champions, with a 53.6% win rate over 898,318 games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Shyvana in ARAM Mayhem?

For Shyvana's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass, Infinite Recursion, Upgrade Immolate and Take'em Down Down Down, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Shyvana counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.