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** On Shyvana's end, she proudly serves Demacia, but [[UndyingLoyalty her alliegance is primarily with Jarvan in specific.]] In ''Legends of Runeterra'', [[BattleCry she shouts "For Jarvan!"]] in lieu of any other Demacian soldier shouting "Demacia!"

* TookALevelInBadass: While she was never exactly bad, she was fairly underwhelming, until Riot tweaked her kit. Then she became one of the strongest top laners in the game and a highly contested ban in the upper tiers. Even early game powerhouse [[CrutchCharacter crutch characters]] like Renekton have a hard time beating her now.

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: In a version of her Shyvana's lore where she was born of two dragon parents, while her unnamed father was willing to care for and raise his hybrid child, [[EvilMatriarch her mother]], named Yvva, saw her as an abomination and had been trying to kill her the moment she first hatched from her egg, even killing her mate to get to her.

* OnlyFriend: [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=27711666#27711666 Jarvan IV is one of the only person Shyvana might open up to]].

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: As a part of her dragonic heritage, she has a pale, violet skin tone in her canonical appearance. Her alternate skins give her a light, Caucasian skin tone.

* TheArtifact: While Shyvana has had several lore updates with varying levels of [[{{Retcon}} significant change]], many of her major beats from her very existence as [[HalfHumanHybrid a half-dragon]] to her relationship with Jarvan IV have become increasingly and near-unavoidably antiquated as the surrounding lore has greatly evolved over time -- [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the actual nature of the dragons]] she descends from and where she got her human half are constantly in flux, the logistics of how [[DraconicHumanoid she]] exists in [[AntiMagicalFaction Demacia]] as one of Jarvan's guardians are skimmed over, and [[MyInstinctsAreShowing the nature of]] [[HulkingOut her draconic powers]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting and shapeshifting]] are inconsistent. [[https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2019/05/choose-a-champion-update-for-2020/ Riot has considered her a top-priority pick for a full visual-gameplay update]], presumably in part to rectify these issues by remaking her from scratch, but time will tell when it comes to pass.
** Recently, her inclusion in ''Legends of Runeterra''[[note]]Still unreleased, but her voice lines were discovered already[[/note]] doubled down on many aspects of her current characterization, but expanded upon her lore to include that she commands a special force within the Demacian army that Jarvan IV founded specifically to surround her with allies, and revealed that many Demacians ''do'' regard her with suspicion. Furthermore, she is afraid of being rejected and hunted down one day (Nocturne taunts her with this possibility and Tahm Kench attempts to prey on her), but that she believes so strongly in Jarvan [[UndyingLoyalty she remains for him,]] and reacts hostilely to suggestions from Aurelion Sol that she should do other things.

* BandOfBrothers: [[SociallyAwkwardHero While Shyvana isn't really good at talking with people]], [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=27711666#27711666 she "thrives in battle with her warrior-comrades" just fine]].

* CuteMonsterGirl: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; Shyvana is ''not'' "cute" (and has been made even more "not cute" over time [[ArtEvolution as Riot have updated her art]]).

* DoubleConsciousness: When she's in her dragon form, her lines are noticeably more vicious and aggressive. [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=27704253#27704253 A Riot writer confirms she indeed is of conflicting natures]].

* TheDragonslayer: ''Fury of the Dragonborn'' is a passive that increases the damage Shyvana does to dragons, and gives her a Defense and Magic Resistance boost whenever she or her team slays a dragon, which is a very good reason why she's usually played in the Jungle.

* FireballEyeballs: In dragon form.

* FoeTossingCharge: Her ultimate, Dragon's Descent, lets her [[DynamicEntry jump right at her enemies and knock them a short distance back if they're in her way]]. [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons While turning into a dragon]].

** In a much subtler instance, her passive gives her 5 Armor and Magic Resist for every dragon killed. She starts the game with 5 armor/MR. Why? Because she's already killed a dragon-- her mother.
* GiantFlyer: Well, for a second with one ability in-game. Her ultimate which turns her into a dragon and has her swoop down an area.
* HalfHumanHybrid: A [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin half-dragon]], half-human. However, her lore raises the question as to whether she is an actual hybrid or a {{Weredragon}}, leaving the answer shrouded in mystery.
* HappilyAdopted: She was very happy with her adoptive father until Yvva killed him and razed her village.
* HerdHittingAttack: Half of the point of her ultimate - it not only causes magic damage to enemies hit by her descent in a line, but also causes all of her other abilities to have the potential to do this (or in her Burnout's case, enhances its ability to do that even more)

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z66n3UYfPE4 Champion Spotlight]] puts it best:

* LightningBruiser: Shyvana passively gets free armor and magic resistance in addition to having decent base durability; despite that, Burnout is among of the best movement speed boosts in the game, every single part of Shyvana's kit provides her damage, and these aspects of Shyvana are ''before'' she uses Dragon's Descent to jump over a wall a long distance [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons while turning into a dragon]] (doubling her passive armor and magic resistance bonus), rampaging around [[IncendiaryExponent while on fire]]. Her drawback from these advantages is a near total [[StandardStatusEffects lack of utility effects]] (aside from a KnockBack on Dragon's Descent that ''can'' be helpful but is usually dubious in effectiveness) and being dependent on remaining close to enemies to fully-utilize her damage. On the offense, Shyvana's one of the few characters to possess physical and magical damage ''and'' hp-shred, which means she's ''very difficult'' to itemize against.

* ShipTease: Riot has often emphasized that Shyvana and Jarvan IV are close, but while most of the time it's in [[OnlyFriend a very]] [[BashBrothers platonic sense]], [[https://lolstatic-a.akamaihd.net/apollo/assets/vb/boards-wallpaper.jpg one official image]] (though a non-canon one, originally for announcements and now the header for forum archives) nods to this ship, featuring her as a PomPomGirl for his fanclub.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Shyvana's ultimate is the only non-toggle ability in the game without a traditional cooldown. It instead relies on the generation of a resource which generates very slowly in passing (increasing in speed with each level), but is more substantially boosted from dealing damage, encouraging Shyvana to be [[AttackAttackAttack actively aggressive]].

* TokenEvilTeammate: For the first time in League, Demacia had their first true defector type and Sylas if not for his intentions to topple the corrupt monarchy can be seen as truly evil type bent on causing chaos in Demacia

* MilestoneCelebration[[invoked]]: As a champion, she was released around the time of the game's 10-year anniversary, [[https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/aucsgAa0-i-gotta-saysennas-lore-made-do-a-180-for-lore-hype?comment=0001000000000000 which was not a coincidence]]. With her inclusion, she [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore also marks a drastic shift in between]] [[ArchEnemy Lucian and Thresh's rivalry]], one of the biggest in the game.

* DifficultButAwesome: [[http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/champions-gameplay/BTP5uwf1-this-rework-is-going-to-be-bananas-soraka-rework-preview-and-discussion Her reworked kit]] has a higher learning curve than ever. For starters, her well-known mana battery ability, Infuse, is removed. However, this is compensated by a stronger heal (at a cost of 10% of her ''maximum'' health) and better crowd control ability. That being said, her Starcall is also reworked so that it can heal her based on the number of champions hit (in addition to a powerful slow if landed correctly). Finally, she's given a new ability that when placed correctly, will both silence and snare a group of champions. And her passive lets her rush to the aid of her allies... but not rush away from battle once they're healed.

* FriendsWithBenefits: Confirmed to be this with [=LeBlanc=] through one of his taunt quotes towards her (and later, [[https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/vUIXnZnL-interlocutioner-and-riot-thanks-from-someone-who-waited-for-their-otp-for-5-years?comment=0002000000000000 a comment from]] Interlocutioner), though it's mostly averted with the "friends" part. He seems to regard her more as a rival of sorts.

* AscendedMeme: Dragon Master Swain has been a ''looooooooong'' time coming. Initially just [[http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1158089 a fan suggestion from as early as 2011]], it reached semi-legendary status with many Rioters saying they wanted to develop it, but [[TroubledProduction it ended up being iceboxed multiple times]], until [[https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/vQy5EUkW-yorick-skin-where it was stated to be cancelled in 2017]]... [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell and then finally brought back and released with his full visual/gameplay update in 2018]].

* EarlyBirdCameo: The K/DA ALL OUT trailer reveals her appearance in ''Wild Rift'' before it was officially announced.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: At times in her voice lines. She asks Skarner if he would like to hear the song of his potentially-deceased people[[note]]Given how she can hear the active songs/voices of the brackern through inert hex crystals, [[UncertainDoom it's unclear just how "gone" they really are]][[/note]].

* Her second ability, ''Surround Sound'', inspires Seraphine and nearby allied champions with song, shielding them and briefly increasing their movement speed. If used while Seraphine is already shielded, all targets will also be healed based on their missing health, with the healing growing stronger for each ally affected by the song.

* {{Mukokuseki}}: In the K/DA verse, Seraphine is supposed to be Chinese as represented by the language she texts her father in, her monolid and one of her voice lines. Going by her appearance which is [[DependingOnTheArtist inconsistent]] across all the "selfies" she posts on her social media, her blue eyes and her [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unnatural pink hair]], it's easy to mistaken her for being non-asian compared to Ahri and Akali who both are drawn consistently with distinctly asian features.

* NiceGirl: Sera sees music as a means to bring the world together, and with her ability to feel the songs in other people and her talents in making songs of her own, she's determined to make it happen and has the sweet, personable attitude to make it happen. Even when she decides to get sassy towards her opponents, her tone is more [[SpiritedCompetitor playful]] than salty.

* TheRedMage: While her kit has plenty of offensive and support-based tools, Riot insists that she's primarily meant to be a solo midlaner, not merely a support. In practice, her gameplay is about landing wide [=AoE=] abilities that an be bolstered when she's with her team, but mainly to deal damage towards her enemies.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Has pink hair in both her base form and K/DA form and she’s fairly nice and excitable.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: As Seraphine's emphatic senses grew, they began to overwhelm her as she was able to "sense songs too private, too personal, for any ordinary person to hear," which only added to the cacophony [[PowerIncontinence she was exposed to on a regular basis.]] For a specific example, she seems disturbed by [[MadArtist Jhin's]] song in particular.

* CharacterDevelopment: Her K/DA skins and voice lines reflect her evolution from a small indie singer to a superstar.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Michele Panu (English), Leslie Gil (Mexican Spanish)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Michele Panu (English) , Leslie Gil (Mexican Spanish)

->''"This one's for you!"''

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: In her K/DA ALL OUT Superstar form, she’s notably more cocky than her other two forms, likely attributed to her reaching worldwide fame.
* AudienceSurrogate: In the official K/DA comic, she serves as this for the reader in the chapters she does appear in.

* FamedInStory: Her K/DA ultimate skin shows her transition from a small indie singer to worldwide fame. She’s also famous for her songs in her base form.

** ''Vulnerable Targets'' triggers whenever Samira uses a basic attack on an immobilized opponent, causing her to quickly dash into attack range of them and fire a flurry of shots that briefly knocks them up into the air.

** ''Vulnerable Targets'' triggers whenever Samira uses a basic attack on an immobilized opponent, causing her to fire at them with a flurry of shots that briefly knocks them up into the air. If she's within a certain distance from her target but not close enough use basic attacks, she'll dash into range for her attack.

* Her second ability, ''Ricochet'', causes Sivir's next three basic attacks to bounce among clustered enemies, dealing reduced damage to targets beyond the first.

* With her first ability, ''Boomerang Blade'', Sivir hurls her crossblade in a target direction, which then returns to her, damaging enemies in its path both in the way out and back.

* Her passive, ''Fleet of Foot'', grants Sivir a short burst of movement speed when she damages an enemy champion.

Sett is a Juggernaut champion who excels in the middle of a brawl, taking hit after hit and throwing it back at his foes with devastating force. He does not use mana or any other resources, with his abilities only being limited by cooldowns.

* Her third ability, ''Beat Drop'', fires a soundwave in a target direction that damages and slows enemies in its path. Already slowed targets will instead be immobilized, and already immobilized ones will be stunned.

In ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'', Swain is a 5-mana 3/6 Noxus Champion with Fearsome who deals an additional 3 direct damage to the enemy Nexus whenever he strikes it. When his controller inflicts 12 or more damage to any number of things on either side with non-combat damage he levels up, gaining +1/+1, upgrading his Nexus Strike ability to do 3 damage to all enemies instead, and Stunning the strongest enemy unit on the enemy backline that has not already been Stunned every time their Nexus takes non-combat damage. His signature spell is Swain's Ravenous Flock.

In ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'', Shyvana is a 4 mana 3/4 Demacia Dragon Champion who gets +1/+1 until end of round when she attacks. When she sees allied Dragon units do 12 or more damage she levels up, becoming "Dragon Shyvana", gaining +1/+1 and Fury keyword, upgrading her attack ability to +2/+2 until end of round, and also generating a Fleeting Strafing Strike, a fleeting 3 mana fast spell that causes a ally and enemy to strike each other, then in the ally survives and is a dragon it is healed by 2, when she attacks. Her signature spell is Shyvana's Confront.

In ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'', Shyvana is a 4 mana 3/4 Demacia Dragon Champion who gets +1/+1 until end of round when she attacks. When she sees allied Dragon units do 12 or more damage she levels up, becoming "Dragon Shyvana", gaining +1/+1 and Fury keyword, upgrading her attack ability to +2/+2 until end of round, and also generating a Fleeting Strafing Strike when she attacks. Her signature spell is Shyvana's Confront.

* Mukokuseki: In the K/DA verse, Seraphine is supposed to be Chinese as represented by the language she texts her father in, her monolid and one of her voice lines. Going by her appearance which is [[DependingOnTheArtist inconsistent]] across all the "selfies" she posts on her social media, her blue eyes and her [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unnatural pink hair]], it's easy to mistaken her for being non-asian compared to Ahri and Akali who both are drawn consistently with distinctly asian features.