Shyvana vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Shyvana
based on 2,182 Shyvana vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Xerath Counter Build
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Core Shyvana Items
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Shyvana vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Shyvana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Shyvana versus Xerath matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Shyvana usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shyvana and Xerath
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually loses when facing off against Xerath, with a 46.2% win rate. Thus, Shyvana makes a bad counter to Xerath.
While Shyvana does have a lower win rate than Xerath, when facing one another, Shyvana also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Shyvana into Xerath.
Additionally, Shyvana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shyvana vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Shyvana is a trash counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shyvana against Xerath.
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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 Xerath 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana typically gets less CS compared to Xerath. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Shyvana versus Xerath build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shyvana had an average win rate of 46.2% when playing against Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Xerath as Shyvana, Shyvana players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Shyvana vs Xerath counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xerath as Shyvana are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.