Kassadin vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Kassadin
based on 639 Kassadin vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Shyvana
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Kassadin against Shyvana matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shyvana..
Kassadin normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Shyvana?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Shyvana.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Shyvanaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin also has some 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Shyvana matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kassadin is a decent counter to Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kassadin to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin usually gets more CS relative to Shyvana. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kassadin versus Shyvana build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Shyvana than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Shyvana as Kassadin, Kassadin players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Kassadin vs Shyvana counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
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