Kayle vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Kayle
based on 1,543 Kayle vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Shyvana
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown here feature some critical Kayle versus Shyvana matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between this pair of champions. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Shyvana..
Kayle usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Shyvana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Kayle or Shyvana?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter for Shyvana.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate compared to Shyvana, when facing one another, Kayle also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Shyvanaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This 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 in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Shyvana matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kayle is a decent counter to Shyvana. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayle to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle usually gets more CS as Shyvana. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Shyvana build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kayle bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs Shyvana than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when playing against Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Shyvana as Kayle, Kayle players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Kayle vs Shyvana counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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