Shyvana vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Shyvana
based on 5,341 Shyvana vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Shyvana vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Shyvana in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several vital Shyvana versus Caitlyn matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champions. Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Shyvana usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Caitlyn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shyvana and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Shyvana makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Shyvana does have a lower winrate compared to Caitlyn, when facing one another, Shyvana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shyvana into Caitlyn.
Furthermore, Shyvana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar 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 Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shyvana against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shyvana in order to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana on average racks up less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Shyvana versus Caitlyn build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Titanic Hydra. When Shyvana bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Caitlyn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Shyvana had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Caitlyn as Shyvana, Shyvana players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Shyvana vs Caitlyn battles, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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