Zilean vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Zilean
based on 586 Zilean vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Shyvana
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some valuable Zilean against Shyvana matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shyvana. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Zilean or Shyvana?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually loses when taking on Shyvana, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a bad counter to Shyvana.
While Zilean does have a lower win rate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Shyvana.
Additionally, Zilean also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter for Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Shyvana. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Zilean versus Shyvana build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Shyvana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Shyvana as Zilean, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Zilean vs Shyvana matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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