Shen vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Shen
based on 862 Shen vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Shyvana
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
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.
Shen vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some influential Shen against Shyvana matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shyvana. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Shen usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Shen or Shyvana?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Shen usually wins when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Shen makes a good counter for Shyvana.
While Shen does have a higher win rate than Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Shen into Shyvana.
Furthermore, Shen also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shen vs Shyvana matchups, Shen is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Shen is an above average counter to Shyvana. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Shen against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Shen to counter Shyvana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen on average gets more CS compared to Shyvana. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Shen versus Shyvana build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Shen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Shyvana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Shyvana with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Shyvana as Shen, Shen players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Shen vs Shyvana matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.
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