Caitlyn vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Caitlyn
based on 7,304 Caitlyn vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Shyvana
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Shyvana
All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.
Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.
A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.
Caitlyn vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several vital Caitlyn vs. Shyvana counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Shyvana..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Shyvana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Shyvana?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when taking on Shyvana, with a 44.4% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a poor counter to Shyvana.
While Caitlyn does have a much lower winrate compared to Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Caitlyn into Shyvana.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a terribly counter to Shyvana. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Shyvana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often racks up more CS relative to Shyvana. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Shyvana build include Galeforce, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Shyvana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 44.4% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Shyvana as Caitlyn, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Caitlyn vs Shyvana counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 44.4% winrate overall.
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