Xerath vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Xerath
based on 2,182 Xerath vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Shyvana
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Xerath versus Shyvana matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shyvana..
Xerath often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Shyvana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Xerath or Shyvana?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when playing against Shyvana, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a great counter to Shyvana.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Shyvanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Shyvana matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a great counter for Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average accumulates more CS compared to Shyvana. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Shyvana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Shyvana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 53.8% when playing against Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Shyvana as Xerath, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Xerath vs Shyvana LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.8% winrate overall.
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