Shyvana vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Shyvana
based on 3,231 Shyvana vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Akali
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Shyvana vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Shyvana in LoL
The stats shown here feature several valuable Shyvana vs. Akali counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Shyvana usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shyvana and Akali
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shyvana usually loses when trying to fight Akali, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Shyvana makes a poor counter to Akali.
While Shyvana does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Shyvana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Shyvana into Akali.
Additionally, Shyvana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Shyvana is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shyvana against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana in order to counter Akali during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana usually accumulates less CS as Akali. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Shyvana versus Akali build consist of Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Shyvana included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Akali than with most other typical builds. In fact, Shyvana had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Akali as Shyvana, you should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Shyvana vs Akali counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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