Gwen vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Gwen
based on 1,091 Gwen vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Shyvana
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Gwen versus Shyvana matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shyvana..
Gwen usually has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Shyvana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Gwen or Shyvana?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gwen usually fairs equally well when taking on Shyvana, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Gwen makes an ok counter for Shyvana.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Gwen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Gwen into Shyvana.
Additionally, Gwen has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter for Shyvana. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often picks up more CS relative to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Gwen versus Shyvana build include Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker, and Shadowflame. When Gwen included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Shyvana than with most other common builds. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Shyvana with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of beating Shyvana as Gwen, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Gwen vs Shyvana battles, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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