Viktor vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Viktor
based on 747 Viktor vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Shyvana
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Viktor in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several strategic Viktor versus Shyvana counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shyvana..
Viktor usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Viktor or Shyvana?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when taking on Shyvana, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a great counter to Shyvana.
While Viktor does have a higher win rate compared to Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Viktor into Shyvanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Shyvana matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a great counter to Shyvana. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually accumulates more CS as Shyvana. Champions who typically 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 capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Viktor versus Shyvana build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Shyvana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 53.3% when playing against Shyvana with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Shyvana as Viktor, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Viktor vs Shyvana fights, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.3% winrate overall.
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