Shyvana vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Shyvana
based on 1,828 Shyvana vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Shyvana vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Shyvana in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some valuable Shyvana vs. Malzahar counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Shyvana often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shyvana and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Shyvana makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Shyvana does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Shyvana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shyvana into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Shyvana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Shyvana is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Shyvana against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana often gets less CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Shyvana versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Malzahar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shyvana had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Malzahar as Shyvana, Shyvana players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Shyvana vs Malzahar clashes, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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