Syndra vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Syndra
based on 1,205 Syndra vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Shyvana
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some important Syndra vs. Shyvana counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shyvana..
Syndra normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Shyvana. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Syndra or Shyvana?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Syndra usually wins when taking on Shyvana, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Syndra makes a good counter to Shyvana.
While Syndra does have a higher winrate compared to Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Syndra into Shyvanaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Shyvana matchups, Syndra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a good counter to Shyvana. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Syndra to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra on average racks up more CS relative to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Syndra versus Shyvana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Syndra used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Shyvana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Syndra had an average winrate of 52.6% battling Shyvana with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Shyvana as Syndra, Syndra players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Syndra vs Shyvana fights, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% winrate overall.
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