Xayah vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Xayah
based on 789 Xayah vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Shyvana
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some important Xayah vs. Shyvana counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Shyvana..
Xayah typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Shyvana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Xayah or Shyvana?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Shyvana, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a bad counter to Shyvana.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Xayah also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Shyvana.
Additionally, Xayah has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a terribly counter for Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically accumulates more CS as Shyvana. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Shyvana build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Shyvana than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 46.9% when countering Shyvana with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Shyvana as Xayah, Xayah players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Xayah vs Shyvana counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.
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