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How to Win Volibear vs Shyvana Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Shyvana

How to Beat Shyvana as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Shyvana as Volibear

based on 1,229 Volibear vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
1.72
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. In our dataset, Volibear engaged Shyvana in 1229 matches. With so many games with Volibear versus Shyvana provides us faith in our capacity to prepare useful stats and a recommended build to suppress Shyvana. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Volibear is forced to battle against Shyvana in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Volibear vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a pathetic job of countering Shyvana. On average, he wins a lowly 46.1% of games the champions face one another in. In Volibear vs Shyvana matches, Volibear’s side is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Shyvana.

Best Volibear vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageNashor's ToothRiftmaker

Optional Items

Sundered SkyJak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreakerTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
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W
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Shyvana Image
5.6
< Kills >
6.5
6.4
< Deaths >
5.7
5.4
< Assists >
6.7
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
132
< Minions Killed >
69
0.5
< Dragons Killed >
1.61
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.52
10,871
< Physical Damage >
5,254
8,261
< Magic Damage >
14,736
646
< True Damage >
973
19,779
< Damage Dealt >
20,965
32,762
< Damage Taken >
33,308
11,636
< Gold Earned >
12,448
2.53
< Towers >
1.83
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
8,327
< Total Healing >
12,402
14,299
< Experience >
14,580
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
6
531
< Time Dealing CC >
200

How to Counter Shyvana with Volibear in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several valuable Volibear versus Shyvana matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between these two champs. As an example, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shyvana..

Volibear often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Shyvana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Shyvana

Who is Better, Volibear or Shyvana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when taking on Shyvana, with a 46.1% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes a poor counter to Shyvana.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Shyvana.

Furthermore, Volibear has some 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 in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Volibear is a bad counter to Shyvana. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Volibear against Shyvana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

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Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Shyvana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Volibear, we analyzed 1,229 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Shyvana as Volibear comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Volibear Build Shyvana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Volibear to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear on average accumulates more CS relative to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Volibear versus Shyvana build include Spirit Visage, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Shyvana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 46.1% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Shyvana as Volibear, Volibear players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Volibear vs Shyvana LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.1% winrate overall.

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